An admissions process is necessary in vocational technical schools where space is a limiting factor. Vocational technical laboratories (shops) are designed and equipped to safely serve a specific maximum number of students. Consequently, a complex of such laboratories lacks both the space and flexibility to accommodate the possible needs and/or interests of all applicants; therefore, a selection process is necessary. All applicants to grades nine and ten will be evaluated using the criteria contained in this admissions policy. The School Committee approved this policy on September 12, 2024.

McCann Technical School admits students and makes available to them its advantages, privileges, and courses of study without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or housing status. McCann has an on-line application that is adaptable to languages other than English. If there is a student with limited English proficiency that needs assistance, a qualified representative from McCann will assist the applicant throughout the entire admissions process. Students with disabilities may self-identify for the purpose of requesting reasonable accommodations during the entire application and admissions process. Information on limited English proficiency and disability, submitted voluntarily by the applicant for the purpose of receiving assistance and accommodations during the entire application and admissions process, will not affect the applicant’s admission to the school.

Consistent with Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) regulations, the admissions policy includes deliberate, specific strategies to promote equal educational opportunities and attract, enroll, and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in sending districts, has a comparable academic and demographic profile. The admissions data team will be responsible for this work as well as reviewing placement data in vocational enrollments to identify potential disproportionality. The following will occur at least annually:

1. Review of student population in each grade level.
2. Review of student population from each member town.
3. Aggregate review of regional student population data.
4. Review by town and region the academic and demographic profile of the student population.
5. Review of program placement data and demographic profiles.
6. The admissions data team will review all available data and make recommendations with deliberate, specific strategies which promote equal educational opportunities and attract, enroll, and retain the student population.

Any 8th or 9th grade student who expects to be promoted to the grade they seek to enter by their local district is eligible to apply for admissions subject to the availability of openings at McCann Technical School and its admissions timeline. All students will be evaluated using the criteria contained in this admissions policy. Nonresident and homeless students will be accepted according to the criteria contained in this admissions policy.

Transfer students from other Chapter 74 vocational technical programs are eligible to apply for admissions to grades 9-12 provided they expect to be promoted to the grade they seek to enter by their current school. Transfer students will be evaluated using the criteria contained in this admissions policy. Only students who have been enrolled in another Chapter 74 vocational technical program are eligible for transfer. For applications to grades 11 or 12, students must be passing their vocational subject at the time of application, once this is verified applicants will be evaluated according to the admissions policy.

McCann Technical School does not participate in the School Choice Program.