Berkeley Unified School District

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Berkeley Unified School District is the public school district for the city of Berkeley, California.

[edit] 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
  • Malcolm 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

  • 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)
  • Edison Junior High School (located on Russell at Martin Luther King Jr. Way, then called Grove Street; the buildings were still in use as a warehouse for the school district until recently)
  • 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, subsequently replaced by the San Pablo Avenue School, then Franklin).
  • Lorin School
  • McKinley Continuation School (closed 196?; building razed, site became part of the Rochdale Apartments student housing cooperative)
  • Rose Street School
  • Tilden Primary School (formerly Cragmont Primary School) (closed 1981)
  • University Elementary School (opened in 1922-23 at Rose and Walnut in the building formerly housing Garfield Junior High, and in later years, the site of the Berkeley Unified School District's headquarters building (now located in the old city hall).
  • West Campus, Berkeley High School (closed 1986; became the site of the Berkeley Adult School until 2004)

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