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Chicopee adopts state-guided weighted lottery for career and technical admissions
Summary
The committee reviewed updated career and technical education (CTE) admissions policy following Department of Elementary and Secondary Education guidance and scheduled information nights for families.
The Chicopee City School Committee reviewed and advanced a revised career and technical education admissions policy that uses a “weighted lottery” aligned with state guidelines, district officials said at the Oct. 15 meeting.
Carl Ingram, the district’s CTE director, told the committee that the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education required changes intended to address inequities in how students were selected for vocational programs. “Back in May 2025, the Department of Education decided to adopt a lottery system for all career and…
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