Jason Fraser, Massachusetts Association of School Committees president-elect (2024), as well as a member of the Silverlake School Committee, didn’t mince words.

“A lottery devastates the regional agreements that have been established,” Fraser told Contrarian Boston. “It will take seats away from towns that have had skin in the game for decades.”

— Contrarian Boston 12.13.24

Timothy Murray, former mayor of Worcester and Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth.  President and CEO of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and chair of the Alliance for Vocational/Technical Education and the Worcester Technical High School General Advisory Board

“Compromise among those with different viewpoints is what the Healey-Driscoll administration and the Legislature, working with the state education department, should be seeking. Divisive, prolonged arguments about competing data points do a disservice to the students and families that want a vocational technical education, as evidenced by both the recent South Shore vote and student waiting lists that exist across the state. Meanwhile, the Massachusetts economy and employer community scream for more voc-tech grads.”

— Common Wealth Beacon 03.13.25

Superintendent, Dr. Karen Maguire of Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School
Officer; Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators (MAVA)

“The problem I have is the State attempting to usurp local control by taking away the rights of the school committee to set policy. Tri-County exceeds the proportionality in all subgroups- in each member town. There is no reason to regulate this admission process statewide. DESE should work with districts that are disproportionate- once they decide how to measure that- and not interfere with the rights of the school committees in the rest.”

— Franklin Observer 03.13.25