Ocean View Elementary School (Albany, California)

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Official name	Ocean View Elementary School
Principal	Julie Valdez
School type	Public
Operated by	Albany Unified School District
Location	1000 Jackson St Albany, Alameda County, California, United States
Grades	K-5
Religious affiliation	None
Opened	1999
Enrollment	646
Information current as of	Year 2005

Ocean View Elementary School is a grade K-5 elementary school in Albany, Alameda County, California. Opened in 1999, it is operated by the Albany Unified School District [1].

The school has several specialists including a speech pathologist, a psychologist, an occupational therapist, an adaptive physical education teacher, and an English as an additional language teacher. The special education students are integrated into regular classes with other students to the greatest extent possible, with extra assistance provided by about six special education support staff.

Most students at Ocean View have parents who attend or work for the University of California, Berkeley. These students live at The Village.

In 1999, Albany Middle School was moved from its location at 1000 Jackson St, where Ocean View Elementary School is currently located, to its present location at 1259 Brighton Ave.

[edit] Shared building

As of the 2005-2006 school year, MacGregor High School has temporarily used the same building, while awaiting a more permanent location starting in the 2006-2007 school year. MacGregor is a continuing education high school, which means it allows students with a disrupted education, or facing future disruptions, to still complete their high school. Rather than the four months of regular semesters, the program is broken into shorter pieces, of about 6 weeks, which means can enter or exit the program in mid year, without losing a whole semester of credit. Extra attention is paid to individual students, as the total student population is substantially smaller than the typical high school.

[edit] References

About Albany - Discusses education in the community, including funding and construction of this school.
"District postpones vote to move school" By Alan Lopez, ContraCostaTimes.com, December 16, 2005.