HAVERHILL – Critics last year of approving a new building for Whittier Vocational Tech Regional High School often complained that not enough students from their towns and cities were being accepted.
According to a new report on the admissions from each of the 11 cities and towns, Rowley seems to be justified in its complaints. Whittier accepted eight students out of 14 who applied and eight are enrolled for the coming year. That’s a 57 percent acceptance rate, down from 64 percent last year.
The winners this year are Georgetown, Groveland, Ipswich, Merrimac and West Newbury. Each reported 71 to 75 percent acceptance.
Haverhill, which has the largest number of students attending Whittier, reported a 65 percent acceptance rate, up from 56 percent last year. Of its 437 students who applied this year, 285 were accepted and 227 were enrolled.
It was a similar story in Newburyport, the second largest city in the Whittier district. It reported 67 percent, up from 56 percent last year. For this year, 12 Newburyport students applied, eight were accepted and four are enrolled.
