San Lorenzo Unified School District


San Lorenzo Unified School District is a school district serving the San Lorenzo, San Leandro areas and part of Hayward in Alameda County, California. It was established in 1859, making it one of the oldest continuously operating school systems in the State of California. Beginning in 1850 with only six students and a tiny portable schoolhouse that it shared with Hayward, the District reached its peak size in 1970 with 18,000 students enrolled in 28 schools. The members of the first School Board, organized in 1864, were William Meek, John Lewelling, and A. E. Crane.
In 1902 the original school building was replaced by a two-story wood structure, which in 1928 was destroyed by an arsonist. Its replacement, a two-story brick building, was quickly built in 1929 but was declared unsafe for students in 1952 because it was not earthquake-proof and had no fire escape. The District administration then occupied the building until the new District Office was built in 1972. As more homes replaced the agricultural land, more schools were built. San Lorenzo High and Arroyo High were part of the Hayward Union High School District until 1963, when San Lorenzo became a Unified School District..
Several "small learning communities," each with a distinctive program, have been created at the district's three high school campuses to better serve students. Superintendent Daryl F. Camp, Ed.D. is only the 9th Superintendent in the history of the district. Student population is approx. 9,812.

Board of Education

The Board of Education consists of 6 members in total. 5 are elected to 4 year terms at-large and are the voting members of the Board, and 1 is appointed by the sitting Board of Education and is entitled to an emblematic vote.
GoverningNon-Voting

  • Kyla Sinega, President
  • Samuel Medina, Vice President/Clerk
  • Juan Campos, Board Member
  • Penny Peck, Board Member
  • Marilyn Stewart, Board Member
  • Daryl F. Camp, Ed.D., Superintendent
  • Alex Westerlund, Student Trustee

    • Mission Statement & Vision

    Mission Statement: To ensure lifelong learning, San Lorenzo Unified School District, staff, families and community, will collaborate to advance authentic knowledge, skills and attributes that will ensure our students are creative and critical thinkers, ready to fully participate in our changing community and world.
    Vision: As a result of their education, all students will become compassionate, collaborative and creative problem-solvers, who are resilient, well-informed, civically-engaged advocates for equity and social justice.

    Schools

    There are 18 total schools in San Lorenzo Unified School District, of which there are 5 high schools, 4 middle schools, and 9 elementary schools totaling to a student population of 9,812.
    High SchoolsMiddle SchoolsElementary Schools

  • Bohannon Middle School
  • Edendale Middle School
  • Washington Manor Middle School
  • KIPP Summit Academy Middle School
  • Bay Elementary School
  • Colonial Acres Elementary School
  • Corvallis Elementary School
  • Dayton Elementary School
  • Del Rey Elementary School
  • Grant Elementary School
  • Hesperian Elementary School
  • Hillside Elementary School
  • Lorenzo Manor Elementary School

    • Small Learning Communities (SLCs)

    Circa 2004, SLZUSD made a request-for-proposals to create small, thematic academies as "schools-within-schools." These Small Learning Communities are designed to house no more than 400 students each. The program has doubled from four initial academies to a full menu of Small Learning Communities: