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Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 Why is the district preparing to test students and staff for COVID-19? The state’s micro-cluster strategy, announced this fall, required school-based testing for schools to stay open for in-person learning. More recently, at a press conference on Monday, Jan. 5, Governor Andrew Cuomo said that schools in counties with COVID-19 positivity …
Late yesterday and today the district learned about three positive COVID-19 cases. There is one new case each at Lynnwood Elementary School, Pine Bush Elementary School, and Guilderland High School. All individuals who need to quarantine as a result of the new cases at LES and PBES have been contacted; the work on contacting individuals …
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Updated: Jan. 29, 2020 The state’s micro-cluster strategy, announced this fall, required school-based testing for schools to stay open for in-person learning. At a press conference on Monday, Jan. 5, Governor Andrew Cuomo said that schools in counties with COVID-19 positivity rates greater than 9% need to test for COVID-19, and if their rates are …
Yesterday two members of the GHS community reported they tested positive for COVID-19. Only one of these cases required contact tracing. The district worked under the guidance of the Albany County Department of Health to determine who needs to quarantine, and notified those individuals. Today we were informed of another individual from GHS testing positive. …
Continue reading “Dec. 9: GHS Cases and Grades 8-12 Remote-Only Starting Dec. 10”
Over the weekend and today, the district learned of six positive COVID-19 cases. Below is a breakdown of the location of these school community members: Three individuals from Farnsworth Middle School. FMS Principal Mike Laster is following the Albany County Department of Health guidelines to determine who needs to quarantine, and he is reaching out …
Continue reading “Dec. 7: GHS Cases + WES Grade 5 Transitioning to All-Remote Learning”
Today a member of the Guilderland High School community contacted the district to inform us of their positive COVID-19 test results. At this time, the Albany County Department of Health has not confirmed this case. In the interest of time, GHS principal Michael Piscitelli is following their guidelines to determine who needs to quarantine and …
Continue reading “Dec. 4: One Positive COVID-19 Case at GHS”
Today we learned that a districtwide employee has tested positive for COVID-19. This case does not present a risk of exposure to individuals in the school community, and no one from our schools needs to quarantine as a result. Please know that the health and safety of our students and staff are vitally important to …
The district learned about seven positive COVID-19 cases yesterday and today. Only one of these cases presents a risk of exposure and requires individuals in the school community to quarantine. The following individuals have been confirmed by the Albany County Department of Health: An individual associated with Altamont Elementary School who was not in school …
Please see the message below from Superintendent Dr. Wiles: Dear GCSD Families, By now, you have likely seen New York State’s Micro-Cluster Initiative, where regions of the state are designated Yellow, Orange or Red zones. These zones are based on the prevalence of COVID-19 in those areas; each zone designation comes with various restrictions for …
Continue reading “Update About Micro-Cluster Zones and COVID Testing”
The district learned about two positive COVID-19 cases yesterday and today. The first positive case involves an individual at Westmere Elementary School. All individuals have been contacted and advised on the need to quarantine. In-person instruction has continued as planned. The second case is an individual at Farnsworth Middle School. Based on preliminary information from …
Continue reading “Nov. 30: Positive COVID-19 Cases at WES and FMS”
