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Education <br /> <br /> The District (grades K-8) and the Amador Valley Joint Union <br />High School District (grades 9-12) provide public education in <br />the City. There are six elementary schools, two intermediate <br />schools, two high schools and an adult school. In addition <br />there are several church-affiliated private elementary and high <br />schools. <br /> <br /> The Hayward and Valley (Livermore) campuses of Chabot <br />College provide post-secondary education and are operated by <br />the South County Community Colleges District. East Bay <br />colleges and universities include the University of California <br />at Berkeley, California State University at Hayward, Mills <br />College, St. Mary's College, Holy Names College and John F. <br />Kennedy University in Orinda. In addition, Stanford <br />University, the University of Santa Clara and Hastings College <br />of Law are all within an hour's drive of the City. <br /> <br />Transportation <br /> <br /> Interstate Highway 580 (east-west) and Interstate Highway <br />680 (north-south) intersect at the northern boundary of <br />Pleasanton and provide access to the nearby cities of Oakland, <br />San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose and the Central Valley. <br />Interstate Highways 5 and 80 and State Route 17 are all within <br />20 minutes of the City. <br /> <br /> Pleasanton is located 17 miles from Oakland International <br />Airport, 33 miles from San Jose Municipal Airport, and 36 miles <br />from San Francisco International Airport. Livermore Municipal <br />Airport, a general aviation facility, is located six miles east <br />of the City. Deep water shipping facilities are available at <br />the Port of Oakland and the Port of San Francisco, 24 miles and <br />35 miles from the City, respectively. <br /> <br /> A. C. Transit provides regional bus service and connects <br />with the Greyhound Terminal in Livermore and the Hayward and <br />Walnut Creek Bay Area Rapid Transit ("BART") stations. BART <br />provides passenger rail service to Alameda, Contra Costa and <br />San Francisco Counties. "Wheels," a local bus service, <br />provides transportation throughout the Cities of Pleasanton and <br />Dublin. Western Pacific and Southern Pacific provide rail <br />freight service to the City. Twenty-three truck lines provide <br />overnight delivery to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento <br />and the San Joaquin Valley. <br /> <br /> 45 <br /> <br /> <br />