Admissions Lottery Process

Worcester Technical High School

Admissions Lottery Process

Worcester Technical High School has released its tiered student lottery admissions results for for the Class of 2028 (who will be ninth grade students in the fall of 2024). View the video of the admissions lottery selection process

The admissions lottery process works as follows: Every applicant for the Class of 2028 is assigned based on their feeder middle school, or, if they are not currently attending a Worcester Public Schools middle school, by the WPS middle school that is most closely associated with their address.

Each middle school is allotted a certain number of seats based on student population:

  • Burncoat Middle: 83

  • Claremont Academy: 21

  • Forest Grove: 102

  • Sullivan Middle: 97

  • University Park: 8

  • Worcester East Middle: 89

Admission Lottery Schedule for Class of 2029

These students will be in 9th grade in the fall of 2025.

The 2025 timeline to apply for Chapter 74 career/vocational technical education (CVTE) programs for Worcester Technical High School, Doherty Memorial High School, North High School, and South High Community School, is as follows:

  • January 6, 2025-February 14, 2025: Applications Accepted

  • February 14, 2025: Application Period Closes

  • Wednesday, March 12, 2025: Lottery Held

  • Lottery results are shared with families immediately after drawing and will be posed on the schools' websites by Friday, March 14, 2025.

Online Application (Open from January 6-February 14, 2025)

Admission Lottery Drawing for Class of 2028

These students will be in 9th grade in the fall of 2024

Lottery Results for Class of 2028

(Held Spring 2024)

Several students were moved from the wait list to the acceptance list in the second- and third-round drawings. This list was updated on August 21, 2024.

Admission Contacts

Drew Weymouth  Principal

Drew Weymouth

Patricia Suomala  Director of Career and Technical Education

Patricia Suomala

Director of Career and Technical Education

Email Patricia Suomala

Carol Needham  Admission Office Clerk

Carol Needham

Admission Office Clerk

Email Carol Needham

Whitney Goodwin  Department Head - VocP Guidance

Whitney Goodwin

Department Head - VocP Guidance

Email Whitney Goodwin

Academy Contacts

Michelle Phenix Assistant Principal

Michelle Phenix

Assistant Principal, Coghlin Construction Academy

Email Michelle Phenix

Brian Potter Assistant Principal

Brian Potter

Assistant Principal, Alden Design and Engineering Academy

Email Brian Potter

Kim Smaltz  Assistant Principal

Kim Smaltz

Assistant Principal, IT & Business Services Academy

Email Kim Smaltz

Stephanie Stockwell  Assistant Principal

Stephanie Stockwell

Assistant Principal, Allied Health and Human Services Academy

Email Stephanie Stockwell