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Encyclopedia > Berkeley Unified School District

Berkeley Unified School District is the public school district for the city of Berkeley, California. School districts are a form of special-purpose district in the United States (amongst some other places) which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ...


Schools

  • Berkeley Adult School
  • Berkeley Alternative High School (opened Fall 2001; replaced East Campus, Berkeley High School)
  • Berkeley High School
  • Martin Luther King Middle School (formerly Garfield Jr. High)
  • Longfellow Magnet Middle School
  • Willard Middle School
  • Berkeley Arts Magnet Elementary School at Whittier
  • Cragmont Elementary School
  • Emerson Elementary School
  • Jefferson Elementary School
  • John Muir Elementary School
  • LeConte Elementary School
  • Malcom X Arts & Academics Magnet Elementary School (formerly Lincoln Elementary)
  • Oxford Elementary School
  • Rosa Parks Environmental Science Magnet Elementary School (formerly Columbus Elementary)
  • Thousand Oaks Elementary School
  • Washington Communication & Technology Elementary School

Closed Berkeley High School is the only public high school in Berkeley, California. ...

  • Kellogg Primary School (1880-1910, Berkeley's second public school, located at Center and Oxford; Berkeley High School was located on the grounds from 1880-1900; after Kellogg closed, its buildings were rented to the California College of Arts and Crafts from 1911-1921; subsequently razed.)
  • Burbank Jr. High School (closed 1968; remodeled and reopened as West Campus-Berkeley High School)
  • East Campus, Berkeley High School (replaced McKinley Continuation School; closed after Spring 2001, replaced by Berkeley Alternative High School)
  • Hillside Elementary School (closed 1983)
  • Grizzly Peak Primary School (formerly Little Hillside Primary School) (closed 1981)
  • Franklin Elementary School (closed 2002; re-opened as Berkeley Adult School; originally was the site of the oldest school in Berkeley, the Ocean View School)
  • Lorin School
  • McKinley Continuation School (closed 196?; building razed, site became part of the Rochdale Co-op student housing)
  • Rose Street School
  • Tilden Primary School (formerly Cragmont Primary School) (closed 1981)
  • West Campus, Berkeley High School (closed 1986; became the site of the Berkeley Adult School until 2004)

Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts) is a regionally accredited, independent school of art and design in Oakland and San Francisco, California. ... There is also a Hillside Senior Public School in Canada. ... Ocean View was the name of an unincorporated town which today is the western part of the city of [[Berkeley, California. ... The Rochdale Apartments are an apartment complex which is part of the USCA coop system. ...

See also

List of school districts in Alameda County, California Alameda Unified School District Albany Unified School District Category: Albany Unified School District Berkeley Unified School District Castro Valley Unified School District Dublin Unified School District Emery Unified School District Fremont Unified School District Hayward Unified School District Livermore Valley Joint Unified... Berkeley Parents Network is an online forum for parents in the Bay Area. ...

External link

  • Berkeley Unified School District
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Berkeley, California

Neighborhoods
Berkeley Hills · Berkeley Marina · Claremont · Cragmont · Downtown Berkeley · La Loma Park · Lorin District · Northside · Ocean View · South Berkeley · West Berkeley · Westbrae

Education
Berkeley City College · Berkeley High School · Berkeley Unified School District · Graduate Theological Union · University of California, Berkeley

Trunk roads and Highways
Interstate 80 · Interstate 580 · Piedmont Avenue · San Pablo Avenue (SR 123) · Solano Avenue · Telegraph Avenue

Public Transportation
AC Transit · Ashby BART · Berkeley Amtrak Station · Berkeley BART · North Berkeley BART Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... This is a list of neighborhoods in Berkeley, California. ... The Berkeley Hills are a range of the Pacific Coast Ranges which overlook the northeast side of the valley in which San Francisco Bay is situated. ... The Berkeley Marina is the westernmost portion of the city of Berkeley, California, located west of Interstate 80, the Eastshore Freeway at the foot of University Avenue on San Francisco Bay. ... Location of Claremont in the cities of Oakland and Berkeley. ... The Cragmont area of Berkeley is a residential district located in the northeastern section of the city, occupying most of the hill area north of Codornices Creek. ... Downtown Berkeley in the foreground, with San Francisco seen across the Bay. ... La Loma Park is the historic name of a tract of land located in the Berkeley Hills section of the city of Berkeley, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. ... The Lorin district is located in the southern part of Berkeley, California. ... Northside is a neighborhood in Berkeley, California; located north of the University of California, Berkeley campus, east of Oxford Street, and south of Cedar Street. ... Ocean View was the name of an unincorporated town which today is the western part of the city of [[Berkeley, California. ... South Berkeley is a neighborhood in the city of Berkeley, California. ... West Berkeley is generally the area of Berkeley, California which lies west of San Pablo Avenue, abutting San Francisco Bay. ... Westbrae is a neighborhood in the northern part of Berkeley, California in the East Bay section of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Berkeley City College, formerly Vista Community College, is a community college located in Berkeley, California. ... Berkeley High School is the only public high school in Berkeley, California. ... The Graduate Theological Union is a consortium of nine independent theological schools and eight program centers in Berkeley, California. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, and by other names, see below) is the oldest and flagship campus of the ten-campus University of California system. ... Route across the United States Interstate 80 (abbreviated I-80) is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States. ... Another Interstate 580 exists in Reno, Nevada, but is signed only as US 395. ... Piedmont Avenue is a street in the city of Berkeley, California. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE I-580 ALA 0. ... Solano Avenue is a two mile (3. ... On a normal day, street vendors line Telegraph Avenue near the UC Berkeley campus. ... AC Transit (in full, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District) is a regional bus agency serving parts of Alameda County and Contra Costa County in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area. ... Ashby Station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located at Ashby Avenue and Adeline Street in the southern part of Berkeley, California. ... Berkeley Station is an Amtrak station in Berkeley, California, served by Amtrak Californias Capitol Corridor service between Downtown San José and Sacramento/Auburn. ... The rotunda-covered escalator entrance to Downtown Berkeley BART. Downtown Berkeley BART is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located on Shattuck Avenue, between Allston Way and Addison Street in Downtown Berkeley, California. ... North Berkeley is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit station located on Sacramento Street between Virginia and Delaware Streets in Berkeley, California. ...


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Garfield is the only year-round school in the district (though news has it that the year-round calendar may be on the budget cut hit list for next year).
Three years ago, the school received state-wide recognition for the gain it made in test scores, which is particularly noteworthy because the school has a large population of non-native English speaking students.
The school district was in a financial crisis a few years ago and so music and art have suffered- though they're there.
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The city of Berkeley has some of the best educational institutions in the state and country.
Not only does the city boast the best public university in the nation, University of California at Berkeley, but it also has a few distinguished elementary and middle schools.
Berkeley High school is also outstanding as 85% of the students go on to higher education.
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