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Members of the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators published a letter this month opposing the one-size-fits-all blind lottery system for applying to vocational technical and agricultural high schools in Massachusetts.
Expanding the number of seats must be done in a way that promotes equity without endangering the academic and occupational excellence that drives burgeoning demand for these schools.
BILLERICA He spent 28 years as the superintendent of Shawsheen Valley Technical High School, and before that served as the first-ever 18-year-old to be elected to local office in the state. After his passing late last month following a battle with glioblastoma, family, friends and colleagues reflected on the life and legacy of Charlie Lyons.
BOSTON — Lawmakers are being pushed to update the state s admissions policies for vocational schools amid claims they are still cherry picking higher performing students, while weeding out minorities and