The California School for the Deaf, Fremont is a school for deaf children in Fremont, California

Fremont, California

Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...

. The school educates deaf children from all over Northern California

Northern California

Northern California is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The San Francisco Bay Area , and Sacramento as well as its metropolitan area are the main population centers...

. Its campus in Fremont is adjacent to the campus of the California School for the Blind

California School for the Blind

The California School for the Blind is a public educational institution for blind children, K-12, located in Fremont, California. Its campus is located next to the California School for the Deaf.- History :...

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Its companion school in Southern California

Southern California

Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...

 is CSD-Riverside

California School for the Deaf, Riverside

The California School for the Deaf, Riverside is a school for deaf and hearing impaired children, and is located in Riverside, California. The school educates children from all over Southern California...

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History

Before it was moved to Fremont, the School for the Deaf was located in Berkeley. Constructed in 1869 at 2601 Warring St., Berkeley, CA, the historical site served as the school for the deaf until the late 1970s, when the University of California successfully petitioned for it to be condemned as seismically unsafe, forcing the school to move. A Daily Cal article on November 29, 1979 uncovered proof that the University administration had "coveted the Deaf and Blind School land for 57 years." Half of the school land went to UC Berkeley, while the other half went to the city. After the location was taken over by the university, it was renamed Clark Kerr

Clark Kerr

Clark Kerr was an American professor of economics and academic administrator. He was the first chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley and twelfth president of the University of California.- Early years :...

 campus, in honor of the first chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

, and has served as an additional dormitory unit for its students.

Current location

The State Department of Education purchased land for the new school for the Deaf at its current location in Fremont, CA, in an area found to be at least as seismically unstable as the school's original site. The California School for the Deaf, Fremont opened in the Fall of 1980.