May 17-18 COVID-19 cases

  • Posted May 18, 2022
City School District of Albany

The City School District of Albany was notified Tuesday and Wednesday of 29 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. Each person is quarantining at home.

Ten cases involve Albany High School.

  • Three cases involve people who were last in school May 17. One is associated with  10th grade, and two are not associated with a particular grade.
  • Four cases involve people who were last in school May 16. One is associated with ninth grade, two are associated with 10th grade, and one is not associated with a particular grade.
  • One case involves 11th grade, and the person was last in school May 13.
  • One case involves 12th grade, and the person was last in school May 12.
  • One case involves ninth grade, and the person was last in school May 11.

One case involves prekindergarten at Albany School of Humanities (ASH). The person was last in school May 13.

Three cases involve Arbor Hill Elementary School.

  • Two cases involve people who last in school May 16. One person is associated with fifth grade and one is not associated with a particular grade.
  • One case involves second grade, and the person was last in school May 13.

One case involves Delaware Community School. The person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 16.

One case involves Eagle Point Elementary School. The person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 16.

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

One case involves Montessori Magnet School. The person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 16.

One case involves North Albany Middle School. The person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 16.

One case involves Pine Hills Elementary School. The person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 16.

One case involves Sheridan Preparatory Academy. The person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 16.

Five cases involve Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School.

  • Four cases involve people who were last in school May 16. Three are associated with seventh grade and one is associated with sixth grade.
  • One case involves eighth grade, and the person was last in school May 13.

One case involves Tony Clement Center for Education. The person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 16.

The final two cases involve William S. Hackett Middle School. One person is associated with sixth grade and was last in school May 18. The other person is associated with eighth grade and was last in school May 16.

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.