Middle school enrollment
The City School District of Albany serves students in grades 6-8 at three middle schools: North Albany Middle School, Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School and William S. Hackett Middle School.
Our middle schools are enrolled via a "feeder" pattern, meaning specific elementary schools feed into specific middle schools.
Middle school placement for students who receive English as a New Language (ENL) or Special Education services is determined separately by each student’s program.
This page contains information on our middle school enrollment pattern, which was rolled out in the 2022-23 school year. The current enrollment pattern is below, along with an archive of the relevant meetings which led to this decision.
enrollment pattern: who Goes where | |||||
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North Albany | ASH | Pine Hills | Eagle Point | Roots (formerly Schuyler) | |
Myers | Montessori | TOAST | Delaware | Giffen | |
Hackett | New Scotland | Arbor Hill | Sheridan | Dual |
The City School District of Albany formed a Feeder Alignment Committee of parents and guardians from each district school to work in partnership with district staff to develop criteria and make recommendations for an equitable feeder pattern for all students transitioning from elementary (PK -5) to middle school (grades 6-8).
The district has been working toward this goal in partnership with our community for many years, from both programmatic and facilities perspectives. We are currently engaged in the capital project that will equip North Albany Middle School with school facilities that are on par with our existing middle schools – Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School, and William S. Hackett Middle School. The work of the Feeder Alignment Committee will be essential in moving the district forward on the critical piece of developing an equitable enrollment pattern for all three middle schools.
Recordings and resources
This section now contains archival links to the proposed eights scenarios and FAQs for families that were publicly available prior to this decision.
Recordings of committee meetings, board meetings, forums and any other presentations related to this work will be available from the menu below.
Nov. 9 meeting
Oct. 26. meeting
Oct. 14 meeting
Aug. 4 meeting
- Presentation slide deck
- Enrollment pattern criteria
- Elementary attendance zones
- NYS Math and ELA 3-8 data
- Current middle school enrollment
July 7 meeting
- Presentation slide deck
- Middle School Grade Configuration Summary (September 2018)
- Demographic Study (June 2021)
Feeder Alignment Committee members
Name | School |
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Mechelle Pointer | Albany High |
Natasha Fields | Arbor Hill |
Lamonda Watson | ASH |
Dorian Solot | Delaware |
William Lemmon | Eagle Point |
Francesca Serrano | Giffen |
Lauren Manning | Hackett |
Daniel Katz | Montessori |
Marina Marcou-O’Malley | Myers |
Tyleia Harrell | New Scotland |
Shay Hooks | North Albany |
Elizabeth MacCallum | Pine Hills |
Shatiqua Pannell-Hyndman | Schuyler |
Maria Lopez | Sheridan |
Amber Fields | TOAST |