Gov. Peter Shumlin announced a slew of new cabinet and staff appointments Thursday, including the state’s first secretary of education.
That job goes to a familiar face: Armando Vilaseca, who has served as commissioner of education since 2009. Last year, at Shumlin’s urging, the legislature elevated the state’s top education job to a cabinet-level position, which is now subject to gubernatorial appointment.
“I can’t tell you how grateful I am to Armando not only for his past service but for his future service,” Shumlin said at a press conference on the 5th floor of the Pavilion State Office Building. “We have an incredibly ambitious agenda coming up and his willingness to serve as the first secretary of education is going to be a great distinction for the state of Vermont.”
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Armando and the other Secretaries have to work 6, sometimes 7 days a week? That sounds like the rest of america. All this whining from state workers. Get to work. You’re paid for it. It’s obnoxious that they complain or want sympathy for how hard they work or how many hours they put in. We’re paying your salary, now get to work.