Tuesday, January 28, 2025

January Board of Ed: vocational admission

 admission to career and technical education
West: three meetings of subcommittee so far

possible approaches to admission revision

understanding by process of learning about, apply to and enroll in schools

vocational schools "struggle to gain access" to middle school students
application process is resource intensive for sending as well as vocational districts
schools have their own processes and regional agreements

often see disparities between applicants and admitted students
looked a specific selection criteria; which ones play most significant role in creating disparities
can now task DESE with draft revisions in this area
"may be even to review and send out for public comment" in February

based on what recommendations?

West: fairly naturally from our conversation
"any selective criteria need to be essential to the success of the school if they are having any disparate impact" on protected classes
that's my emphasis
for example: evaluative interview that is rated
could there be a broader way of expressing interest?

Moriarty speaks of visiting a school during the eighth grade visit



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