The Livermore Area Recreation and Park District was created in 1947. It oversees 29 neighborhood…More parks, two community parks, soccer and ball fields, four regional parks and 10 special-use parks.</p> <p>The district also provides preschool and child care to youth in kindergarten through eighth grade at all the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District's elementary and middle schools.</p> <p>Other services include teen programs, fee classes, youth and adult sports, aquatics, environmental education, special events and senior services.</p> <p>The district is governed by an elected, five-person Board of Directors.</p>

Livermore High is one of two comprehensive high schools in the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District. It…More opened in 1891 with E.H. Walker as teacher and principal in one of the rooms of the Livermore Grammar School. The class of 1894 was the first to graduate from then Livermore Union High School, which previously was located on the site of what is now a Livermore Area Parks and Recreation District facility.</p> <p>The school moved to its current location in 1930, starting with a new two-story building with 14 classrooms and an auditorium. The campus would see many additions over the years and now features classrooms in 15 different buildings and 28 portables. Darrel Avilla is the school principal.</p>

Sunken Gardens Park was the first piece of land that the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District purchased. The…More Board of Directors bought the land from home builder Roy Jensen for $8,500 in 1959. It has since been modified to include pathways, a skate park and a bicycle stunt course.</p> <p> </p>