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Committee debates CTE lottery rules, reverts selection language and tables final decision
Summary
The School Committee debated a revised CTE admissions policy for Durfee Discovery required by the state; the CTE director urged an unweighted lottery while the committee amended language to create 'parallel lotteries' for students with disabilities, a change some members questioned as potentially unlawful; the item was ultimately tabled pending state feedback and further review.
The School Committee spent significant time on Dec. 8 discussing a revised Career and Technical Education (CTE) admissions policy for Durfee Discovery and individual CTE programs. The policy must be submitted to the state; the CTE director told the committee she preferred an unweighted lottery but said the committee had amended the policy at the prior meeting to add parallel lotteries for students with disabilities and for all other applicants.
Director Cynthia Sylvia explained that the state allows either an unweighted lottery or a…
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