Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School (hereafter “ENSATS”) is a four-year, public career technical and agricultural high school. ENSATS is committed to training our future workforce by providing students with a rigorous, career technical, agricultural, and academic program of studies that will prepare them for success in a competitive employment market on the North Shore or beyond upon graduation.
An admission process is necessary in career technical and agricultural schools where capacity or seats are a limiting factor. Agricultural and technical laboratories are designed and equipped to serve a specific maximum number of students safely. Consequently, a complex of such laboratories lacks both the space and flexibility to accommodate the potential needs and/or interests of all applicants. Consistent with MGL 603 CMR 4.00 and guidelines issued by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE hereafter), when ENSATS receives more applications than available seats, students shall be accepted for admission by lottery.
The ENSATS’ School Committee approves ENSATS’ Admissions Policy annually. ENSATS’ admission policy is also on file with DESE.