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The City School District of Albany's Middle School Enrollment Committee is made up of parents, community members, teachers, staff, and administrators. The City School District of Albany's Middle School Enrollment Committee was formed in 2000 and is made up of parents, community members, teachers, staff, and administrators. The Enrollment Committee explored three enrollment options: Neighborhood, Feeder, and Lottery. The committee concluded that a feeder system would not give the district the balance it is seeking, at least not in the short term. This conclusion, along with academic and logistical considerations, led the committee to the conclusion that the lottery system might be the best way for the district to meet its goals for the 2005-2006 school year, with the understanding that its recommendation be revisited the following year. The committee also recognized that families prefer to know ahead of time where their children will attend school and that students want to move on to middle school with their peers. Based on its research and recommendations, the City School District of Albany held a random, computerized lottery to enroll grades 6 and 7 at the new Stephen & Harriet Myers Middle School. At its May 29, 2005 meeting, the Board of Education approved the district's proposal to enroll approximately 215 eighth-grade students at the new Stephen & Harriet Myers Middle School. The original interim enrollment plan called for 8th graders to remain at their current middle school. However, in an effort to be proactive with regard to NCLB and to support small schools, it was determined that Grade 8 students should be included in the new middle school population. An "opt-out" lottery was held that included all eighth graders, save those who requested to remain at their middle schools.