The Hayward Unified School District (HUSD), is a public school district

School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 serving the city of Hayward, California

Hayward, California

Hayward is a city located in the East Bay in Alameda County, California. With a population of 144,186, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area and the third largest in Alameda County. Hayward was ranked as the 37th most populous municipality in California. It is included in...

. Supervised by the superintendent, and the HUSD board of trustees, the district serves more than 21,000 students in 36 schools, and employing more than 1,000 teachers. The current superintendent is Janis Duran, and the current board of trustees president is Lisa Brunner. In 2008, the district passed the Measure I school funding bond, the first bond measure in Hayward in over 45 years. The measure passed with 72% of the vote.

Hayward Education Association

The Hayward Education Association (HEA) is the recognized employee organization for negotiating collective bargaining

Collective bargaining

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 rights with HUSD. HEA organized a strike in April 2007 against HUSD, the Hayward teachers strike

Hayward teachers strike

The Hayward teachers strike was an April 2007 ten day strike of teachers in the Hayward Unified School District in Hayward, California.-Teacher demands:...

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Schools

The district operates 25 elementary school

Elementary school

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s, 5 middle school

Middle school

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s, and 3 high schools. It also maintains an alternative high school, an English language center, and an adult education center. Many of the park and recreation facilities at the schools are managed by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District

Hayward Area Recreation and Park District

The Hayward Area Recreation and Park District is the park management agency for most of the parks in the city of Hayward, California and environs. It was created in 1944 and is an independent special district under California law. H.A.R.D. is the largest recreation district in California...

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High schools

• Tennyson High School
  Tennyson High School
  Tennyson High School is a high school in Hayward, California formed in 1957.-Location:Tennyson is within one mile of the South Hayward BART station. The school is bordered to the west by the Amtrak Capital Corridor route, with a train signal and gates installed there...
  
  
• Hayward High School
  Hayward High School
  Hayward High School is a public high school in Hayward, California, one of four high schools in the city. It is one of the oldest high schools in Northern California. The official mascot for Hayward High is the "Farmer" which dates back to Hayward's period as an agricultural center...
  
  
• Mount Eden High School

Alternative schools

• Thomas N. Brenkwitz High

Middle schools

HUSD operates five middle schools. Anthony W. Ochoa Middle School serves west Hayward. Bret Harte Middle School serves the Downtown Hayward

Downtown Hayward

Downtown Hayward is the original and current city center of Hayward, California, and is home to the current Hayward City Hall, along with the two previous city halls, Alex Giualini Plaza and The Tower at Hayward City Center...

 and northern hills area. Chavez Middle school serves the Fairway Park and southern hills area. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School serves the Mount Eden area. Winton Middle School serves west Hayward.

Elementary schools

• Bowman
• Burbank
• Cherryland
• East Avenue
• Eden Gardens
• Eldridge
• Fairview
• Faith Ringgold
  Faith Ringgold
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   School (K-8)
• Glassbrook
• Harder
• Longwood
• Lorin A. Eden
• Palma Ceia
• Park
• Ruus
• Schafer Park
• Southgate
• Stonebrae
• Strobridge
• Treeview
• Tyrrell

Elementary schools

• Laurel
• Edwin Markham School closed in June 2009; Faith Ringgold
  Faith Ringgold
  Faith Ringgold is an African American artist, best known for her painted story quilts. She is professor emeritus in the University of California, San Diego visual art department.-Life and artwork:...
  
   School now occupies its campus.

See also

• New Haven Unified School District
  New Haven Unified School District
  New Haven Unified School District is a public school district serving approximately 13,000 kindergarten through 12th-grade students at 11 schools in Union City and south Hayward, The District also serves approximately 2,500 students at the New Haven Adult School.New Haven Unified was created in...
  
  , with one high school located within Hayward city limits

• List of high schools in California