CTE Partnership Programs (also known as "After Dark")

CTE Partnership Program designation allows school districts to partner with school districts offering career technical education programs to provide career technical education opportunities that would not otherwise exist. Often these involve taking advantage of times when technical facilities are underutilized.

Key Program Features:

• Partnership between traditional high schools and schools with established CTE programs and facilities
• Altered schedule for participating students
  • Core academics at local high school
  • 900+ total hours of CTE instruction at technical school
• Alignment with regional economic and workforce development priorities or other evidenced labor market demand
• MOU between districts for fiscal and programmatic components
• CTE school's Program Advisory Committee
• Qualified instructional personnel
• Equitable admissions criteria

The program must meet all state designated CTE requirements.

Designated Career Technical Education Partnership Programs as of SY2025-26

• Beverly High & Salem High School
  • Medical Assisting
  • Automotive Technology
• Beverly High & Essex North Shore Technical & Agricultural High School
  • Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Construction Craft Laborer
  • Health Assisting
  • Horticulture
• Classical High & Lynn Vocational Technical Institute
  • Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Health Assisting
  • Metal Fabrication & Joining Technologies
• Fecteau-Leary Junior/Senior High School & Lynn Vocational Technical Institute
  • Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Health Assisting
  • Metal Fabrication & Joining Technologies
• Fitchburg High & Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical High School
  • Carpentry
  • Electricity
• Gardner Academy for Learning and Technology & Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical High School
  • Carpentry
  • Electricity
• Gardner High & Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical High School
  • Carpentry
  • Electricity
• Lawrence High School & Greater Lawrence Technical School
  • Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Automotive Technology
  • Health Assisting
  • Heating — Ventilation — Air Conditioning — Refrigeration
  • Information Support Services & Networking
  • Metal Fabrication & Joining Technologies
• Lowell High & Greater Lowell Technical High School
  • Automotive Technology
  • Heating — Ventilation — Air Conditioning — Refrigeration
  • Information Support Services & Networking
  • Metal Fabrication & Joining Technologies
• Lynn English High & Lynn Vocational Technical Institute
  • Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Health Assisting
  • Metal Fabrication & Joining Technologies
• Marblehead High & Essex North Shore Technical & Agricultural High School
  • Construction Craft Laborer
  • Health Assisting
• Methuen High & Greater Lawrence Technical School
  • Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Automotive Technology
  • Health Assisting
  • Heating — Ventilation — Air Conditioning — Refrigeration
  • Information Support Services & Networking
  • Metal Fabrication & Joining Technologies
• Narragansett Regional High & Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical High School
  • Carpentry
  • Electricity
• New Bedford High & Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School
  • Carpentry
  • Plumbing
• North Andover High & Greater Lawrence Technical School
  • Health Assisting
  • Heating — Ventilation — Air Conditioning — Refrigeration
  • Information Support Services & Networking
  • Metal Fabrication & Joining Technologies
• Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School, Lawrence & Greater Lawrence Technical School
  • Heating — Ventilation — Air Conditioning — Refrigeration
• Springfield High School of Science and Technology & Putnam Vocational Technical Academy
  • Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Automotive Technology
  • Cosmetology
  • Health Assisting
  • Information Support Services & Networking
  • Metal Fabrication & Joining Technologies
• Springfield International Academy at Sci-Tech & Putnam Vocational Technical Academy
  • Automotive Technology
  • Health Assisting
• Swampscott High & Essex North Shore Technical & Agricultural High School
  • Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Construction Craft Laborer
  • Health Assisting
  • Horticulture

Most recent enrollment reports can be found on School Profiles.

Last Updated: February 11, 2026