The City School District of Albany was notified Friday of 43 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. All positive individuals are quarantining at home. The Albany County Health Department identified an additional 264 contacts who are required to quarantine as a result of these cases.
As a reminder for families that picked a COVID-19 test kit this week, please follow the testing guidance that you received with your kit. If your student tests positive, please be sure to report that result to the county health department using this form.
Eight cases are associated with Albany High School.
- One case involves 10th grade, and the individual was last in school Jan. 5. The health department identified 19 additional contacts with the case; of those, five are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One case involves an individual who is not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 4. The health department identified one additional contact with the case who is vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- Two cases involve individuals who were last in school Jan. 3.
- One case involves ninth grade. The health department identified two additional contacts with the case.
- The other involves 10th grade. The health department identified eight additional contacts with the case; of those, three are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- Three cases involve individuals who were last in school Dec. 21. One case involves 12th grade, and two cases involve ninth grade.
- One case involves ninth grade, and the individual was last in school Dec. 6.
One case involves fourth grade at Albany School of Humanities (ASH). The individual was last in school Jan. 5. The health department identified 11 additional contacts with the case; of those, four are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
Two cases are associated with Eagle Point Elementary School.
- One case involves an individual who is not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 5. The health department identified 10 additional contacts; three are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- Another case involves an individual who is not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 4. The health department identified one additional contact who is vaccinated and not required to quarantine
Two cases are associated with Edmund J. O’Neal School of Excellence.
- One individual is associated with fourth grade and was last in school Jan. 3. The health department identified eight additional contacts with the case.
- One individual is associated with eighth grade and was last in school Dec. 21.
Six cases are associated with Giffen Memorial Elementary School.
- One case involves an individual who is not associated with a particular grade who was in school Jan. 5. The health department identified 10 additional contacts with the case; of those, one is vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One case involves prekindergarten, and the individual was last in school Jan. 5. The health department identified 17 additional contacts with the case; of those, one is vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- Two cases involve individuals not associated with a particular grade who were last in school Jan. 4. In one case, the health department identified two additional contacts. In the other case, the health department identified six additional contacts.
- One case involves first grade, and the individual was last in school Jan. 3. The health department identified 10 additional contacts with the case; of those, three are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One case involves kindergarten, and the individual was last in school Dec. 21.
One case involves fifth grade at New Scotland Elementary School. The individual was last in school Jan. 5. The health department has identified 12 additional contacts with the case; of those, seven are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
Two cases are associated with Philip Schuyler Achievement Academy.
- One case involves first grade and the individual was last in school Jan. 5. The health department identified 38 additional contacts with the case; of those, three are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One case involves fifth grade, and the individual was last in school Jan. 5. The health department identified 32 additional contacts with the case; of those, one is vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
One case involves Pine Hills Elementary School. The individual is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school Jan. 5. The health department identified 15 additional contacts with the case; of those, two are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
One case involves fifth grade at Sheridan Preparatory Academy, and the individual was last in school Jan. 5. The health department identified 42 additional contacts with the case; of those, eight are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
Three cases are associated with Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School.
- One case involves an individual not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 6. The health department identified two additional contacts with the case; both are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One case involves an individual not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 5. The health department identified one additional contact with the case who is vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One case involves eighth grade, and the individual was last in school Jan. 3. The health department identified six additional contacts with the case.
Five cases are associated Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology (TOAST).
- Four cases involve individuals who were last in school Jan. 5.
- One case involves third grade. The health department identified 11 additional contacts with the case; of those, two are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One case involves second grade. The health department identified 11 contacts with the case; of those, two are vaccinated and not required quarantine.
- Another case involves second grade. The health department identified 15 additional contacts with the case; five are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One case involves first grade. The health department identified 12 additional contacts with the case; two are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One individual was last in school Dec. 21.
Three cases involve Tony Clement Center for Education.
- One case involves an individual not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 5.
- One case involves an individual not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 4.
- One case involves 10th grade, and the individual was last in school Dec. 21.
Eight cases are associated with William S. Hackett Middle School.
- One case involves an individual who is not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 5. The health department identified one additional contact with the case.
- Another case involves an individual who was last in school Jan. 5.
- One involves an individual not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan 4.
- Another case involves seventh grade, and the individual was last in school Jan. 4. The health department identified 21 additional contacts with the case; of those, three are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- Two additional cases involve individuals not associated with a particular grade who were last in school Jan. 3.
- One case involves an individual not associated with a particular grade was last in school Dec. 22.
- One case involves eighth grade, and the individual was last in school Dec. 21.
Health and safety procedures at all district buildings continue to include cleaning and sanitizing. We will continue with these procedures, and also will continue to follow all required COVID-19 precautions (wearing masks inside all district buildings, hand hygiene, social distancing of 3 feet or more in all classrooms, and other precautions).
We also would like to remind everyone of steps you can take to help be safe:
- Maintain social distance at all times from those you don’t live with.
- Always wear a mask that covers both the mouth and nose when inside at school or when your student is riding a bus to or from school.
- Wash hands with soap and water frequently when out of your home. If you cannot use soap and water, use alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
- Don’t touch the eyes, nose or mouth unless your hands are clean.
- DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL WHEN THEY ARE SICK OR HAVE SYMPTOMS:
- Signs of COVID-19 are: fever, fatigue/tiredness, muscle/body aches or pains, congestion, cough, runny nose, shortness of breath/difficulty breathing, nausea/vomiting or diarrhea, headache, loss of taste or smell, rash, feeling sick or unwell in any way.
- You can get a COVID-19 test by calling the New York State Department of Health COVID-19 Hotline at (888) 364-3065, or Whitney M. Young Jr. Health Center at (518) 407-0172 or (518) 465-4771.
- You also can find resources here:
- In alignment with the recommendations of federal, state and local health and medical professionals, the City School District of Albany strongly encourages everyone 5 and older who is eligible and able to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
- You can find information about COVID-19 vaccinations on the Albany County Health Department website:
