The City School District of Albany was notified of 37 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the weekend and through Monday. The Albany County Health Department identified no additional contacts with these cases unless otherwise noted below. All positive individuals and any associated unvaccinated contacts are quarantining at home.
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One case is associated with the district’s administrative offices at Academy Park. The person was last in the building Jan. 21.
Ten cases are associated with Albany High School:
- Six cases involve people who were last in school Jan. 21. Two involve people not associated with a particular grade, two involve people not associated with a particular grade at Abrookin Career and Technical Center and two are associated with ninth grade.
- In one case involving a person not associated with a particular grade, the health department identified 14 additional contacts; of those, 12 are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- In one case involving Abrookin, the health department identified seven additional contacts; five are vaccinated and not require to quarantine.
- In one case involving ninth grade, the health department identified three additional contacts; of those, two are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One case involves a person who is not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 18.
- Two cases involve people who were last in school Jan. 5. One case involves a person not associated with a particular grade. One person is associated with 10th grade.
- One case involves 11th grade, and the person was last in school Jan. 4.
Five cases are associated with Albany School of Humanities (ASH)
- Three cases involve people who are not associated with a particular grade who were last in school Jan. 21. The health department identified 12 additional contacts with one case; of those, four are vaccinated and not required to quarantine. The health department identified three additional contacts in another case; all are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One case involves fourth grade and the person was last in school Jan. 19.
- One case involves a person not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 18.
Two cases involve Arbor Hill Elementary School.
- One person not associated with a particular grade was last in school Jan. 21. The health department identified one additional contact with the case who is vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One person not associated with a particular grade was last in school Jan. 5.
One case is associated with first grade at Eagle Point Elementary School, and the person was last in school Jan. 18. The health department identified five additional contacts with the case; three are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
Four cases are associated with Edmund J. O’Neal School of Excellence.
- One case involves a person not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 21.
- Two cases involve people who were last in school Jan. 19. One is associated with kindergarten and the other is associated with third grade.
- One case involves a person not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 4.
Two cases are associated with Montessori Magnet School.
- One case involves first grade and the person was last in school Jan. 21.
- One case involves fourth grade and the person was last in school Jan. 18.
One case is associated with second grade at New Scotland Elementary School. The person was last in school Jan. 21.
Two cases are associated with Philip J. Schuyler Achievement Academy.
- One case is associated with fourth grade, and the person was last in school Jan. 21. The health department identified 13 additional contacts with the case; three are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One case is associated with first grade, and the person was last in school Jan. 5.
One case involves a person not associated with a particular grade at Sheridan Preparatory Academy who was last in school Jan. 21.
Two cases are associated with Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School. Both involve seventh grade.
- In one case, the person was last in school Jan. 11.
- In the other case, the person was last in school Jan. 4.
One case is associated with second grade at Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology (TOAST), and the person was last in school Jan. 21. The health department identified eight additional contacts with the case; four are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
Five cases are associated with William S. Hackett Middle School.
- One case involves a person not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 24.
- Two cases involve people last in school Jan. 21. One case involves eighth grade and the health department identified 21 additional contacts; 17 are vaccinated and not required to quarantine. The other case involves a person not associated with a particular grade and the health department identified three additional contacts who vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One case involves seventh grade, and the person was last in school Jan. 20. The health department identified 19 additional contacts with the case; 15 are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
- One case involves sixth grade, and the person was last in school Jan. 19. The health department identified 11 additional contacts with the case; five are vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
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:
