The City School District of Albany was notified Friday of 33 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The Albany County Health Department identified no additional contacts with these cases unless otherwise noted. All positive individuals are quarantining at home.
As a reminder for families that have picked up a COVID-19 test kit, please follow the testing guidance that you received with your kit. If your student tests positive, please be sure to report that result to the county health department using this form. Please contact your school if you were not able to pick up your student's test kit last week.
Eight cases involve Albany High School.
- One case involves an individual not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 13.
- Two cases involve individuals not associated with a particular grade who were last in school Jan. 7.
- Five cases involve individuals who were last in school Jan. 5. One individual is not associated with a particular grade. The health department identified one additional contact with the case who is vaccinated and not required to quarantine. Two individuals are associated with 11th grade and one individual is associated with 10th grade. One case involves Abrookin Career and Technical Center, and the individual is not associated with a particular grade.
Four cases involve Albany School of Humanities (ASH).
- One case involves an individual not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 8.
- Three cases involve individuals who were last in school Jan. 5. One case is associated with first grade, one with fourth grade and another with fifth grade.
Two cases involve Arbor Hill Elementary School. Both individuals were last in school Dec. 22.
- One case is not associated with a particular grade.
- One case involves fifth grade.
One case involves Delaware Community School. The individual is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school Jan. 13.
Three cases are associated with Edmund J. O’Neal School of Excellence. All three cases involve individuals not associated with a particular grade. One was last in school Jan. 7, and two were last in school Jan. 5.
Five cases involve Giffen Memorial Elementary School.
- Four cases are associated with individuals who were last in school Jan. 5. Two involve first grade, one involves second grade and one involves fourth grade.
- One individual is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school Dec. 22.
One case involves an individual at Harriet Gibbons Student Services Center who was last in the building Jan. 13.
Three cases involve New Scotland Elementary School.
- Two cases are associated with individuals who were last in school Jan. 5. One involves kindergarten, and the other involves first grade.
- One case is associated with first grade, and the individual was last in school Jan. 4.
One case involves North Albany Middle School. The individual is not associated with a particular grade and was last in school Jan. 11.
One case involves Philip J. Schuyler Achievement Academy. The individual was last in school Jan. 6.
Two cases involve Pine Hills Elementary School.
- One case is associated with first grade, and the individual was last in school Jan. 5.
- One case is associated with third grade, and the individual was last in school Jan. 3.
Two cases involve Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School.
- One case involves an individual who is not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 5.
- One case is associated with sixth grade, and the individual was last in school Jan. 4.
Health and safety procedures at all district buildings continue to include cleaning and sanitizing. We will continue with these procedures, and also will continue to follow all required COVID-19 precautions (wearing masks inside all district buildings, hand hygiene, social distancing of 3 feet or more in all classrooms, and other precautions).
We also would like to remind everyone of steps you can take to help be safe:
- Maintain social distance at all times from those you don’t live with.
- Always wear a mask that covers both the mouth and nose when inside at school or when your student is riding a bus to or from school.
- 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.
- 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.
- At-home rapid COVID-19 test results are accepted at school. You also 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:
- In alignment with the recommendations of federal, state and local health and medical professionals, the City School District of Albany strongly encourages everyone 5 and older who is eligible and able to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
- You can find information about COVID-19 vaccinations on the Albany County Health Department website:
