May 19-20 COVID-19 cases

  • Posted May 21, 2022
City School District of Albany

The City School District of Albany was notified Thursday and Friday of 35 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. Each person is quarantining at home.

Five cases involve Albany High School.

  • One case involves a person not associated with a particular grade who was last in school May 19.
  • Three cases involve people who were last in school May 18. Two cases are associated with 10th grade and one case is associated with 11th grade.
  • One case involves ninth grade, and the person was last in school May 16.

Two cases involve Albany School of Humanities (ASH). One case is not associated with a particular grade, and the person was last in school May 19. The other case is associated with third grade, and the person was last in school May 13.

Four cases involve Arbor Hill Elementary School.

  • Three cases involve people who were last in school May 18. One person is associated with third grade, and the other two are not associated with a particular grade.
  • One case involves fifth grade, and the person was last in school May 16.

Two cases involve Delaware Community School. Neither case is associated with a particular grade. One person was in school May 19 and the other on May 16.

Three cases involve Eagle Point Elementary School.

  • Two of the cases involve people who were last in school May 18. One case is associated with third grade and the other with fifth grade.
  • One case involves fourth grade, and the person was last in school May 16.

Three cases involve Giffen Memorial Elementary School.

  • Two cases involve people who were last in school May 20. One case is associated with prekindergarten and the other with fourth grade.
  • One case involves first grade, and the person was last in school May 17.

One case involves Montessori Magnet School. The person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 19.

Four cases involve New Scotland Elementary School.

  • One case involves third grade, and the person was last in school May 19.
  • Two cases involve people who were last in school May 18. One is associated with fourth grade and one is associated with second grade.
  • Another case involves third grade, and the person was last in school May 13.

Three cases involve North Albany Middle School.

  • One case involves sixth grade, and the person was last in school May 19.
  • Two cases involve people not associated with a particular grade who were last in school May 18.

One case involves Philip Schuyler Achievement Academy. The person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 18.

Three cases involve Pine Hills Elementary School.

  • Two of the cases involve people who were last in school May 19. One is associated with kindergarten and the other with first grade.
  • One case involves third grade, and the person was last in school May 18.

Two cases involve Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology (TOAST). One case involves a person not associated with a particular grade who was last in school May 18. The other involves third grade, and the person was last in school May 16.

The final two cases involve William S. Hackett Middle School, and both people were last in school on May 18. One is associated with sixth grade and the other with seventh grade.

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.