Berkeley Unified School District is the public school district for the city of Berkeley, California. Its administrative offices are located in Berkeley's old city hall on Martin Luther King Jr. Way between Center Street and Allston Way. As of 2009, the district is considering moving its offices into the old West Campus main building on University Avenue.
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