The City School District of Albany was notified Wednesday of 50 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The Albany County Health Department has identified 62 additional contacts required to quarantine; these cases are noted below.
All positive individuals and the associated unvaccinated contacts are quarantining at home.
Twelve cases are associated with Albany High School. All of these individuals were last in the building Jan. 5:
- One case involves ninth grade.
- Eight cases involve 10th grade.
- Two cases involve 11th grade. In one of these cases, the health department has identified one additional contact required to quarantine.
- One case involves 12th grade.
Six cases are associated with Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology (TOAST):
- Two cases are associated with kindergarten. Both individuals were last in the building Jan. 5.
- One case is associated with second grade. This individual was last in the building Jan. 18. The health department has identified 13 additional contacts, but three are not required to quarantine as they are fully vaccinated.
- One case is associated with third grade. This individual was last in the building Jan. 5.
- One case is associated with fifth grade. This individual was last in the building Jan. 18. The health department has identified eight additional contacts, but three are not required to quarantine as they are fully vaccinated.
- In the final case associated with TOAST, the individual was last in the building Jan. 18. The health department has identified eight additional contacts, but none is required to quarantine as they are all fully vaccinated.
Five cases are associated with William S. Hackett Middle School:
- Three cases are associated with sixth grade. Two of these individuals were last in the building Jan. 5. The third individual was last in the building Jan. 18. The health department has identified 22 additional contacts, but six are not required to quarantine as they are fully vaccinated.
- One case is associated with eighth grade. This individual was last in the building Jan. 5.
- In the final case associated with Hackett, the individual was last in the building Jan. 18.
Four cases are associated with Montessori Magnet School:
- One case is associated with kindergarten. This individual was last in the building Jan. 5.
- Two cases are associated with second grade. Both individuals were last in the building Jan. 18. In one of these cases, the health department has identified one additional contact and that person is required to quarantine.
- The final case at Montessori is associated with fourth grade. This individual was last in the building Jan. 18.
Three cases are associated with Eagle Point Elementary School. Each of these individuals was last in the building Jan. 5. One case is associated with third grade, one case with fourth grade and one with fifth grade.
Three cases are associated with New Scotland Elementary School:
- One case is associated with kindergarten. This individual was last in the building Jan. 5.
- One case is associated with third grade. This individual was last in the building Jan. 18. The health department has identified nine additional contacts, but two are not required to quarantine as they are fully vaccinated.
- In the final case at New Scotland, the individual was last in the building Jan. 18. The health department has identified 11 additional contacts, but six are not required to quarantine as they are fully vaccinated.
Three cases are associated with North Albany Middle School. All of these cases are associated with eighth and each individual was last in the building Jan. 5.
Three cases are associated with Sheridan Preparatory Academy:
- Two cases are associated with fourth grade. In one case, the individual was last in the building Jan. 5. In the other, the individual is engaged entirely in a distance-learning environment and has not been in the building.
- In the third case associated with Sheridan Prep, the individual was last in the building Jan. 18. The health department has identified five additional contacts required to quarantine.
Two cases are associated with Arbor Hill Elementary School. In one case, the individual was last in the building Jan. 17. In the other, the individual was last in the building Jan. 18. The health department has identified two additional contacts with that case who are required to quarantine.
Two cases are associated with Philip J. Schuyler Achievement Academy. Both individuals were last in the building Jan. 18. In one case associated with third grade, the health department has identified two additional contacts who are required to quarantine. In the other, the health department has identified five additional contacts who are required to quarantine.
Two cases are associated with Pine Hills Elementary School. One case is associated with fifth grade. This individual was last in the building Jan. 5. In the other case, the individual was last in the building Jan. 4.
Two cases are associated with Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School. One case is associated with sixth grade, and the other with eighth grade. Both individuals were last in the building Jan. 5.
Another case is associated with fifth grade at Albany School of Humanities (ASH). This individual was last in the building Jan. 18. The health department has identified seven additional contacts, but four are not required to quarantine as they are fully vaccinated.
Another case is associated with Delaware Community School. This individual was last in the building Jan. 14.
Wednesday’s final case is associated with fourth grade at Giffen Memorial Elementary School. This individual was last in the building Jan. 5.
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 find resources here:
- You can pick up a COVID-19 rapid test kit at your school, and the district accepts at-home rapid test results as well.
- You can get an in-person COVID-19 PCR test at six district locations. Click here to find the location most convenient for you.
- You also can get a COVID-19 PCR 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.
- In alignment with the recommendations of federal, state and local health and medical professionals, the district 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:
