May 24-26 COVID-19 cases

  • Posted May 26, 2022
City School District of Albany

The City School District of Albany was notified of 33 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 between Tuesday and Thursday. Each person is quarantining at home.

Nine cases involve Albany High School.

  • One case involves 10th grade, and the person was last in school May 24.
  • Three cases involve people who were last in school May 23. One involves ninth grade, one involves 10th grade and one involves a person not associated with a particular grade.
  • Four cases involve people who were last in school May 20. Two are associated with ninth grade and two with eleventh grade.
  • One case involves ninth grade, and the person was last in school May 14.

One case involves Albany School of Humanities (ASH). The person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 26.

One case involves Delaware Community School. The person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 25.

One case involves Eagle Point Elementary School. The person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 20.

One case involves Edmund O’Neal School of Excellence. The person is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school May 24.

  • Five cases involve Giffen Memorial Elementary School.
  • Two cases involve fourth grade, and both people were last in school May 24.
  • One case involves a person not associated with a particular grade who was last in school May 23.
  • One case involves fifth grade, and the person was last in school May 20.
  • One case involves a person not associated with a particular grade who was last in school May 18.

Four cases involve New Scotland Elementary School.

  • Two cases involve people who were last in school on May 24. One is associated with second grade and the other with fourth grade.
  • One case involves a person not associated with a particular grade who was last in school May 23.
  • One case involves first grade, and the person was last in school May 20.

Two cases involve eighth grade at North Albany Middle School. One person was last in school May 24 and the other May 20.

Two cases involve Pine Hills Elementary School.

  • One case involves sixth grade, and the person was last in school May 26.
  • One case involves kindergarten, and the person was last in school May 23.

Four cases involve Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School, and all the people were last in school on May 20. Three cases are associated with eighth grade and one with seventh grade.

One case involves kindergarten at Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology (TOAST), and the person was last in school May 20.

The last two cases involve seventh grade at William S. Hackett Middle School. One person was last in school May 23 and the other May 20.

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.