Beginning next week, Watervliet City Schools will proactively begin on-site COVID-19 testing for in-person learners and staff. The testing will occur on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on a rotating basis starting with WJSHS on Wednesday, Jan. 20 and WES on Friday, Jan. 22. We will test a minimum of 10% of in-person students, teachers and …
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The district has learned of three new positive COVID-19 cases, which include two members of the Watervliet Elementary School community, and one member of the Watervliet Jr.-Sr. High School community. A classroom at WES will move to remote learning effective tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 14, due to a confirmed case of COVID-19. School administrators have been …
The district has learned of three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in our school community. One remote student from WJSHS. No contact tracing is needed. One remote student from WES. No contact tracing is needed. One individual from the WES community. All contacts have been identified and notified about the need to quarantine. The Health Insurance …
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The district has been notified of five new confirmed COVID-19 cases since we shared our last notification on Dec. 30. The Albany County Department of Health has indicated no additional contact tracing of school community members is required for any of the new cases due to the remote learning days in December followed by the …
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This message to our families and staff is to affirm that Watervliet City Schools will open as scheduled for in-person teaching and learning on Monday, Jan. 4. We are aware that during a press briefing on Saturday, Albany County Executive Dan McCoy expressed his belief that school districts in the county should move to all …
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The district has learned of three new positive COVID-19 cases since our last notification was shared on Dec. 23. Each new case is listed below. Please note that per the Albany County Department of Health guidelines, no additional contact tracing of school community members was required in any of these cases. One case is associated …
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Earlier this month, we shared information with our district families about the state’s strategy to combat COVID-19 through a color-coded system known as the Micro-Cluster Initiative. This system designates areas of the state as Yellow, Orange or Red zones based on the prevalence of COVID-19. Each zone has certain restrictions and protocols designed to limit …
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We have been notified by the Albany County Department of Health about one confirmed positive COVID-19 case in the Watervliet Elementary School community who was last in school on December 11. The county health department advises there is no need for contact tracing from the school setting or for any other member of the school …
A message to Watervliet families and staff: We have been notified by the Albany County Department of Health about four additional confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in the Watervliet City School District community. One individual associated with the Watervliet Jr.-Sr High School community who was last in the building on November 30. Based on the date …
An important message for Watervliet families: The rise in COVID-19 positive cases in Albany and surrounding counties is alarming. In our school community, we also have seen an increase in positive cases and the number of individuals who have been advised by the Department of Health to quarantine. In an abundance of caution and to …
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