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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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