PITTSFIELD, Mass. — More than 200 of the 250 students picked in the lottery for Taconic's class of 2030 have accepted enrollment, and the remainder have until Friday. 

"We did have 19 students that were placed on a wait list," Assistant Superintendent for CTE and Student Support Tammy Gage told the School Committee on Wednesday. 

"As of this morning, 202 students have accepted enrollment at Taconic, so we are still waiting for 42 responses. Six students have declined." 

School counselors will call the remaining 42 families to see whether their child will accept the seat, and next week, waitlisted students will be contacted. 

Taconic held an enrollment lottery on Monday after "record" demand for career technical education exceeded the open slots for the class of 2030. In the school's fourth year of accepting only CTE students, it can accommodate 250 9th-grade seats and received nearly 270 qualified applications.

If a student is offered a seat, they must complete an enrollment verification form by Friday through the Go2CTE platform to confirm their intent to enroll and secure their spot. Seats will be forfeited if verification is not completed by the deadline.

"We will work the rest of this year and into the summer, as we do every single year, to ensure that any student that wishes to enroll is able to enroll. So I just ask parents to be patient," Gage said. 

The lottery was conducted through the Go2CTE admission platform using a random, number-based selection process.