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<br />C-9 <br />Education <br /> <br />The City is served by two school districts. The San Leandro Unified School District is <br />composed of 12 public schools consisting of eight elementary schools, two middle schools, one <br />continuation high school, and one comprehensive high school. The San Lorenzo Unified School <br />District also serves a portion of San Leandro students at two elementary schools, one middle <br />school, and one high school. San Leandro also has a number of parochial schools located <br />within the city and in adjacent communities. Higher education opportunities are available nearby <br />at some of the nation’s best educational institutions. These include the University of California at <br />Berkeley, Stanford University in Palo Alto, California State University East Bay in Hayward, and <br />Chabot Community College in Hayward. <br /> <br />Recreation and Leisure <br /> <br />The Shoreline Recreation Area offers opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts. This <br />destination spot includes 27 holes of nationally acclaimed Bayside golf with a full-service <br />clubhouse and an all-weather practice facility, a 131-room hotel, two restaurants overlooking the <br />Bay, a 455-slip yacht harbor, a sheltered sailing lagoon, and a marina. There is also a 20-acre <br />park with a sand volleyball court, picnic tables with barbeques, two playgrounds, an exercise par <br />course, and the San Francisco Bay trail for hiking and bicycling. <br /> <br />The Main Library is located in the downtown area and includes a senior meeting facility, <br />lecture hall, and meeting rooms. The Main Library is the hub for many community recreational <br />activities, including leisure classes for all ages, special events, and programs such as the Trivia <br />Bee and Project Literacy. The community is also served by three neighborhood branch libraries. <br />The community enjoys a variety of celebrations such as a Holiday Tree Lighting event, the <br />Miracle on East 14th Street festival, and a variety of multicultural celebrations. The Marina <br />Community Center, located in the western part of the City, is available to the community for <br />celebrations, meetings, and leisure classes. <br /> <br />Transportation <br /> <br />Interstate Highway 580 (east-west), Interstate Highway 680 (north-south) and Highway <br />61 provide access to the nearby cities of Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, and <br />the Central Valley. <br /> <br />San Leandro is located 7 miles from the Oakland International Airport, 35 miles from San <br />Jose Municipal Airport and 25 miles from San Francisco International Airport. Deep-water <br />shipping facilities are available at the Port of Oakland and the Port of San Francisco, 10 miles <br />and 20 miles from the City, respectively. <br /> <br />A.C. Transit provides regional bus service and connects with the Greyhound Terminal <br />and two San Leandro Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) stations. Two Bay Area Rapid Transit <br />(BART) stations in the city connect San Leandro with San Francisco and cities in four county <br />areas. San Leandro LINKS is a shuttle bus program for transporting employees in west San <br />Leandro to and from the Downtown BART station. Three nearby international airports link San <br />Leandro residents and businesses with every destination in the world. Oakland International <br />Airport is just minutes away. The Port of Oakland, one of the West Coast’s largest containerized <br />cargo shipping facilities, is just 10 miles north of San Leandro. The Port’s deep-water container <br />terminal is the fourth largest and busiest in the nation, one of the top 40 container ports globally, <br />172