The City School District of Albany was notified Monday that three members of the district community have tested positive for COVID-19, with an impact at seven district schools.
One individual is associated with a sixth-grade classroom at William S. Hackett Middle School. This individual was last in the building Nov. 9 and is now quarantined at home, in alignment with Albany County Health Department guidance. An additional seven individuals from the Hackett community have been identified as contacts and also are quarantined at home, following health department guidance.
Two individuals who tested positive are part of the Eagle Point Elementary School community, one in a virtual environment and one in an in-person third-grade classroom; the latter individual was last in school Nov. 10. Both of these individuals are now quarantined at home. The health department has identified an additional 39 members of the Eagle Point community as contacts and they also are quarantined at home.
The health department also has identified six individuals from five other district schools as close contacts from a First Student bus with the in-person Eagle Point individual who tested positive. These six contacts also are quarantined at home.
The impacted schools for these six contacts are Albany School of Humanities (ASH), Pine Hills Elementary School, Sheridan Preparatory Academy, Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School, and Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology (TOAST).
All potentially impacted individuals have been contacted and the health department has indicated that there are no other steps necessary for any of the affected schools at this time.
Health and safety procedures at all district buildings 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 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:
