The City School District of Albany was notified Monday of one new confirmed COVID-19 case that has affected five City School District of Albany schools. This case is not associated with the district’s ongoing voluntary COVID-19 testing.
Monday’s case involves an individual associated with a First Student bus that serves Albany School of Humanities (ASH), Eagle Point Elementary School, Giffen Memorial Elementary School, Montessori Magnet School and Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology (TOAST). This individual was last on the bus Feb. 5 and is now quarantined at home.
The Albany County Health Department has identified 56 total additional contacts at these schools; these individuals also are quarantined at home. The number of contacts by school is as follows:
- ASH – 14 contacts
- Eagle Point – 8 contacts
- Giffen – 29 contacts
- Montessori – 3 contacts
- TOAST – 2 contacts
All potentially impacted individuals have been contacted at each building; the health department has indicated that there are no other steps necessary for these buildings at this time.
Health and safety procedures at all district buildings and on all First Student buses continue to include cleaning and sanitizing nightly. We will continue with these procedures, and also will continue to follow all required COVID-19 precautions (pre-arrival symptom screening and temperature screening for students and staff, wearing masks, hand hygiene, social distancing of 6 feet or more, and other precautions).
We also would like to remind everyone of steps you can take to help be safe:
- Maintain a social distance of at least 6 feet at all times from those you don’t live with.
- Always wear a mask that covers both the mouth and nose when you are out of your home.
- 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.
- Complete the Student COVID-19 Screener each day before your child leaves for school, available daily via the email address on file for parents and guardians. More information is available from the Students/Families dropdown menu above.
- 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 get a COVID-19 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.
- You also can find resources here:
