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Exit Interview: Education Sec. Dan French on leading schools through COVID-19

Secretary of Education Dan French, at a podium in 2018, said Wednesday that schools will reopen this fall with "precautions and safety measures" to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Education Secretary Dan French lead the state's schools from 2018 through March 2023.

Dan French, who has led Vermont’s Agency of Education since 2018, is leaving his post to take a senior leadership role at the nonprofit Council of Chief State School Officers in Washington, D.C.

He helped guide the public education system through the pandemic, from the first school closures in March 2020, through hybrid learning, to an eventual return to in-person classes.

Broadcast on Monday, April 3, 2023, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Connor Cyrus was co-host and senior producer of Vermont Edition from 2021-2023.
Tedra joined Vermont Public as a producer for Vermont Edition in January 2022 and now serves as the Managing Editor and Senior Producer. Before moving to Vermont, she was a journalist in New York City for 20 years. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University.