Part 2 of a two-part series examining the impacts of Greater New Bedford Vocational-Technical High School admission policies.
NEW BEDFORD — Of the hundreds of students who are rejected from the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School each year, most go to one place: New Bedford High.
GNB Voc-Tech receives about double the number of applicants that it can admit, according to administrators there. About 1,000 students apply for roughly 500 spots, although the acceptance rate is actually closer to 70% because not all students matriculate.
As a result, 600 students are now enrolled in career vocational-technical education (CVTE) at New Bedford High, working toward credentials in such fields as business technology, radio and television broadcasting, and information technology.
But interest in CVTE is exceeding even what the high school can…
