School Committee OK s emergency admissions policy for Worcester Tech high school
WORCESTER – The School Committee this week approved new emergency admissions guidelines for Worcester Technical High School to account for the effects of COVID-19 this school year, with a more long-term update to admissions standards coming down the line.
Worcester Tech, the district’s popular vocational school, typically has a waitlist of several hundred students each year. But even though state records showed the school enrolled 1,481 students this past fall, a new high, Principal Siobhan Petrella told the committee this the district’s decision to have all schools do remote learning to start the school year reduced the allure to some families.