May 16 COVID-19 cases

  • Posted May 16, 2022
City School District of Albany

The City School District of Albany was notified Monday of 38 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. Each person is quarantining at home.

One case involves the district’s administrative offices at Academy Park. The person was last in the building on May 13.

Seven cases involve Albany High School, and all the people were last in school May 13. Two are not associated with a grade, three are associated with ninth grade, one is associated with 10th grade and one is associated with 12th grade.

Four cases involve Albany School of Humanities (ASH).

  • Three of the people were last in school May 13. One person is associated with kindergarten, one with second grade and one is not associated with a particular grade.
  • One person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 12.

Five cases involve Arbor Hill Elementary School. None of the people is associated with a particular grade, and all were last in school May 13.

Two cases involve Delaware Community School, and neither person is associated with a particular grade. One was last in school May 12 and the other May 10.

Six cases involve Eagle Point Elementary School.

  • One case involves fourth grade, and the person was last in school May 16.
  • Four cases involve people who were last in school May 13. One is associated with prekindergarten, one is associated with first grade, one is associated with second grade and one is not associated with a particular grade.
  • One case involves third grade, and the person was last in school May 6.

One case involves fifth grade at New Scotland Elementary School, and the person was last in school May  13.

Three cases involve Sheridan Preparatory Academy, and none are associated with a particular grade. One person was last in school May 13, and two people were last in school May 12.

Two cases involve Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School. Neither person is associated with a particular grade, and both people were last in school May 13.

Three cases involve Tony Clement Center for Education, and none of the people is associated with a particular grade. Two were last in school May 13, and one was last in school May 12.

Monday’s last four cases involve William S. Hackett Middle School.

  • Three cases involve people who were last in school May 13. One is associated with fifth grade, one is associated with sixth grade and one is not associated with a particular grade.
  • One case is not associated with a particular grade, and the person was last in school May 12.

Please be reminded that schools no longer are required to quarantine individuals who in the past have been identified as contacts of a person who tests positive. We will now identify anyone within a 6-foot radius of a positive individual as having been exposed and provide notification to that individual or, in the case of a student, their parent or guardian. We will continue to report positive cases.

Health and safety procedures continue at all district buildings and on buses, including cleaning and sanitizing. We also would like to remind everyone of steps you can take to help be safe:

1.      While masks are now optional in all school buildings in New York and, in our school district, on First Student buses that transport students, the state continues to require masks for everyone riding public transportation, which includes CDTA buses that serve our schools. The district will respect the personal decision of all individuals and families regarding wearing masks in those settings where they are now optional. 

2.      Wash hands with soap and water frequently when out of your home. If you cannot use soap and water, use alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

3.      Don’t touch the eyes, nose or mouth unless your hands are clean.

4.      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. 
  • Please notify your school nurse if you are keeping your child home from school with symptoms; you can find that contact information on your school’s page at www.albanyschools.org.

5.      We continue to encourage everyone 5 and older who is able and eligible to get vaccinated.