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Middle School Enrollment

Information for families regarding the Middle School Lottery

If you are interested in entering your child(ren) in the Middle School Lottery for either Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School or North Albany Academy, please complete the attached lottery application.

 

For your applications to be considered for the lottery drawing being held on Friday, May 16, 2008, please be sure to sign, date and return your completed application by hand or mail so that it arrives no later than the end of business on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at:

City School District of Albany
Office of Information
Academy Park

Albany, NY 12207
ATTN: Middle School Lottery
Process

 

Lottery Process
Student assignment is based on a computerized lottery selection process. Should your child not receive an assignment at the time of the lottery, your child will be placed on a ranked waiting list for the 2008-2009 school year. If seats become available prior to or during the school year, students will be selected, in order, from the waiting list. 

 

For example, the first available seat will be offered to the first student on the list, the second seat to the second student on the list, etc. No additional lotteries will be held as in the past years. 

 

** Please note:  Placement of students who are in self-contained Special Education classrooms will be determined by the Special Education Department. **

 

The lottery drawing will be conducted by Joseph White Associates at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May, 16, 2008, in the auditorium at Thomas O'Brien Academy of Science and Technology. You are welcome to attend.

 

NCLB Choice
No Child Left Behind
legislation allows parents the option of school choice if their child currently attends a school in improvement status. To that end, 20 percent of available seats will be reserved for school choice. Requests for consideration under the school choice option should be formally submitted, in writing, to:

 

Linda Rudnick

Office of Instruction

City School District of Albany

Academy Park

Albany, New York, 12207   

 

A separate lottery will be drawn from the submitted requests received.

Neighborhood Attendance Zone

Applications for students who legally reside 0.5 miles or less from the school, for which they are applying for admittance, will be given a preference.

 

Siblings
Students who live with a sibling already attending the school for which they are applying should note this on their application and a strong effort will be made to make the accommodations where space is available.

 

Transportation
Students are eligible for transportation only if the school they will be attending is 1.5 miles or more from their legal residence.

 

For more information
If you have any follow up questions, please call the Office of Information at 475-6070 or 475-6075.

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