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The City School District of Albany was notified Wednesday of 12 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. All individuals and their unvaccinated contacts are quarantining at home.

Seven of these cases are associated with Albany High School:

• One case is associated with ninth grade. This individual was last in the building Dec. 9. The Albany County Health Department has identified seven additional contacts, but two are not required to quarantine because they are fully vaccinated.
• One case is associated with 10th grade. This individual was last in the building Dec. 6. The health department has identified no additional contacts with this case.
• Two cases are associated with 11th grade. In one case, the individual was last in the building Dec. 8. The health department has identified three additional contacts, but two are not required to quarantine because they are fully vaccinated. In the other case, the individual was last in the building Dec. 7. The health department has identified no additional contacts with this case. 
• One case is associated with 12th grade. This individual was last in the building Dec. 9. The health department has identified 10 additional contacts, but two are not required to quarantine because they are fully vaccinated.
• Another case at Albany High involves an individual who was last in the building Dec. 10. The health department has identified five additional contacts, but three are not required to quarantine because they are fully vaccinated.
• In the final case at Albany High, this individual was last in the building Dec. 14. The health department has identified no additional contacts. 

Two cases are associated with William S. Hackett Middle School. One of these is associated with sixth grade. This individual was last in the building Dec. 10. The health department has identified 14 additional contacts, but one is not required to quarantine because they are fully vaccinated. The second case at Hackett is associated with seventh grade. This individual was last in the building Dec. 10. The health department has identified 19 additional contacts, but six are not required to quarantine because they are fully vaccinated.

Another case Wednesday is associated with a fifth-grade classroom at Eagle Point Elementary School. This individual was last in the building Dec. 13. The health department has identified four additional contacts, but one is not required to quarantine because they are fully vaccinated.

Another case is associated with Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School. This individual was last in the building Dec. 13. The health department has identified 10 additional contacts, but two are not required to quarantine because they are fully vaccinated.

Wednesday’s final case is associated with a third-grade classroom at Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology (TOAST). This individual was last in the building Dec. 10. The health department has identified 18 additional contacts, but three are not required to quarantine because they are fully vaccinated.

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:

1. Maintain social distance at all times from those you don’t live with.
2. 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.
3. Wash hands with soap and water frequently when out of your home. If you cannot use soap and water, use alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
4. Don’t touch the eyes, nose or mouth unless your hands are clean.
5. 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:
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• 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:
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