Jan. 18 COVID-19 cases

Posted January 18, 2022

The City School District of Albany was notified of 115 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from Saturday through Tuesday. The Albany County Health Department has identified no additional contacts with these cases unless otherwise noted. All positive individuals are quarantining at home.

Twenty-nine cases involve Albany High School:

One case involves an individual not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 14. The heath department identified one additional contact with the case; the individual is vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
One case involves an individual not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 7.
Twenty-seven cases involve individuals who were last in school Jan. 5. Eight involve individuals not associated with a particular grade. Four involve ninth grade, six involve 10th grade, four involve 11th grade and six involve 12th grade.

Eight cases involve Albany School of Humanities (ASH).

One case involves an individual not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 12.
Seven cases involve individuals who were last in school Jan. 5. Two are associated with prekindergarten, two are associated with kindergarten, one is associated with second grade and two are associated with third grade.

Four cases involve Arbor Hill Elementary School.

One case involves an individual not associated with a particular grade who was last in school Jan. 14.
One case involves an individual not associated with a particular grade who last in school Jan. 13.
Two cases involve individuals who were last in school Jan. 5. One case involves second grade and the other case involves fifth grade.

One case involves Delaware Community School. The individual was last in school Jan. 14.

Six cases involve Eagle Point Elementary School, and all the individuals were last in school Jan. 5. One case is associated with kindergarten, one with second grade, two with third grade and two with fifth grade.

Two cases involve Edmund J. O’Neal School of Excellence, and both individuals were last in school Jan. 5. One is associated with kindergarten and one with fourth grade.

Seven cases involve Giffen Memorial Elementary School. All the individuals were last in school Jan. 5. Two cases involve individuals not associated with a particular grade. Two cases are associated with kindergarten, two with first grade and one with second grade.

Three cases involve Montessori Magnet School. All the individuals were last in school Jan. 5. One is associated with prekindergarten, one with kindergarten and one with first grade.

Seven cases involve New Scotland Elementary School. All individuals were last in school Jan. 5. One case is associated with prekindergarten, two cases with second grade, two cases with third grade, one case with fourth grade and one case with fifth grade.

Three cases involve North Albany Middle School. All individuals were last in school Jan. 5. Two cases involve individuals not associated with a particular grade and one case involves eighth grade.

Five cases involve Philip Schuyler Achievement Academy.

One case involves an individual associated with second grade who was last in school Jan. 18.
Three cases involve individuals not associated with a particular case who were last in school Jan. 5.
One case involves an individual associated with second grade who was last in school Jan. 4.

Eight cases involve Pine Hills Elementary School. All individuals were last in school Jan. 5. Two are not associated with a particular grade, one is associated with prekindergarten, two with kindergarten, one with first grade, one with third grade and one with fifth grade.

Four cases involve Sheridan Preparatory Academy. All individuals were last in school Jan. 5. Two cases involve individuals not associated with a particular grade, and two cases are associated with fifth grade.

Seven cases involve Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School. All individuals were last in school Jan. 5. Four of the cases involve individuals not associated with a particular grade. Two of the cases involve sixth grade, and one involves seventh grade.

Five cases involve Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology (TOAST).

One individual not associated with a particular grade was last in school Jan. 13. The health department identified four additional contacts associated with the case; of those, one is vaccinated and not required to quarantine.
Four cases involve individuals last in school Jan. 5. Two cases are not associated with a particular grade, one is associated with first grade and one is associated with fifth grade.

Four cases involve Tony Clement Center for Education.

One individual not associated with a particular grade was last in school Jan. 13.
Three individuals were last in school Jan. 5, and all involve 10th grade.

Twelve cases involve William S. Hackett Middle School.

Five individuals were last in school Jan. 5. One individual was not associated with a particular grade, three were associated with sixth grade and one was associated with seventh grade.
Seven individuals were last in school Jan. 4. Three are associated with sixth grade, two with seventh grade and two with eighth grade.

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: