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3. ELIGIBILITY

An eighth, ninth, or tenth grade student who is not a resident of Boston may apply for fall admission or, admission during the school year, provided she/he expects to be promoted to the grade she/he seeks to enter in the coming school year and, subject to the availability of openings at Madison Park Technical High School.

Transfer students from other Chapter 74 state-approved vocational technical education programs are eligible to apply for fall admission or admission during the school year to grades 9, 10, 11 or 12 at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School provided they are residents of Boston and expect to be promoted to the grade they seek to enter. Transfer students will be admitted according to the criteria of the Lottery Process contained in this Admission Policy.

Applicants to grade 12 seeking to enter Madison Park Technical High School in the fall or anytime during the school year will only be eligible for admission if they are transferring from another chapter 74 state-approved vocational education program, have been enrolled in a program offered at Madison Park, and meet the Lottery Process criteria contained in this admission policy.

The School Committee of the City of Boston, upon recommendation from the Superintendent, votes every year prior to June 1^st on the participation of the school choice program. If the District School Committee votes in favor of participating in the school choice program for the next academic year, school choice students will be eligible to apply for fall admission subject to the availability of openings to the Madison Park Technical High School, provided they expect to be promoted to the grade they seek to enter by their local district. Boston Public Schools will not be responsible for providing transportation services for school choice students. School Choice students will be admitted according to the Lottery Process criteria contained in this Admission Policy.

Students who begin their enrollment as School Choice students may remain as School Choice students throughout their enrollment at Madison Park Technical High School providing they continue to reside outside of the city.

McKinney –Vento

Homeless students will be accepted to Madison Park Technical High School according to the Lottery Process criteria contained in this admission policy.

 

Home Schooled Students

Students who are formally being home schooled may apply for admission to Madison Park Technical High School, including admission during the school year, provided all Admissions Policy criteria are followed. The Home School student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) must submit a copy of the Home School approval letter from the local school superintendent. Home Schooled students will be accepted to Madison Park Technical High School according to the criteria of the Lottery Process contained in this admission policy. Please refer to Application Process for additional information regarding the Lottery Process criteria.

The Madison Park Technical High School is a public high school situated in Boston, MA serving students from all of Boston’s neighborhoods with prime location near industries and employers and easy accessibility to major highways such as routes 93 and 90. Madison Park Technical High School is accredited by the New England Association of Schools. Madison Park Technical High School is committed to providing quality vocational technical programs integrated with rigorous and challenging academic offerings.

It is the responsibility of the Boston Public Schools’ Director of Enrollment Planning and Support in collaboration with the Director of Career and Technical Education to supervise the administration of the policies and procedures required to admit and enroll applicants in conformity with this Admission Policy.

Madison Park Technical High School admits students through a “Lottery Process”. All students in the district are eligible to enter the lottery by filling out the School Choice Application and requesting Madison Park Technical High School as their first choice. (See Section 6: Lottery Application Process for additional information.) Each applicant will be given a computer generated lottery number. Students will be admitted from the applicant list by the lowest lottery number first until all seats are full. The first Admission Lottery (1^st registration period) usually occurs in January, through the Office of Enrollment Services Planning & Support. If Madison Park Technical High School does not fill after the first Admission Lottery (first registration period), this process will be repeated during each of the subsequent Admission Lotteries (registration periods). Enrollment services will notify students and parents of their assignment to Madison Park Technical High School or their place on the Waiting List. Enrollment Services will maintain the wait list of lottery candidates. The wait list will expire at the end of the second marking period (January of the following year.) Madison Park Technical High School’s Wait Lists, is managed in accordance with policy approved by the School Committee as described in the annual publication, Introducing the Boston Public Schools and located on the website at www.bostonpublicsschools.org/assignment.

Openings for Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 will be determined by the number of seats available based on projected enrollment and the capacity of the programmatic offerings. Madison Park Technical High School is in compliance with state and federal legislation guaranteeing equal access to public educational institutions.