Kingsmill Secondary School

Kingsmill Secondary School
Address
721 Royal York Road
Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, M8Y 2T3
Canada
Coordinates 43°38′04″N 79°30′16″W / 43.6344°N 79.5045°W / 43.6344; -79.5045Coordinates: 43°38′04″N 79°30′16″W / 43.6344°N 79.5045°W / 43.6344; -79.5045
Information
School type Vocational High School
Public High School
Religious affiliation(s) Secular
Founded 1963
Status Leased out
Closed 1988
School board Toronto District School Board
(Etobicoke Board of Education)
Oversight Toronto Lands Corporation
Superintendent Jane Phillips-Long
Area trustee Pamela Gough
School number 919845
Grades 9-13
Enrollment 717
Language English
Colour(s) Maroon and Gold         
Team name Kingsmill Tigers
Public transit access TTC:
North/South: 76 Royal York South
West/East: 15 Evans, 38 Horner
Rapid Transit: Royal York
Website Kingsmill Secondary School on Facebook

Kingsmill Secondary School (also called Kingsmill (Vocational) Collegiate Institute, KCI, KSS, or simply Kingsmill) is a former public and vocational high school existed from 1963 until its closure in June 1988 run by the Etobicoke Board of Education (now merged with the Toronto District School Board).

The Kingsmill Secondary School land and building remains currently owned by TDSB's land realtor, Toronto Lands Corporation.[1]

History

Originally a piece of land surveyed in the township of Etobicoke in 1793 by local developer Frederick Davidson which was set aside for the use of the government mill or the King's Mill located at the first rapids upstream from Lake Ontario and was later used for his 'Brookwood' estate. The house was eventually demolished in 1961 and the Etobicoke Board of Education built and opened Kingsmill (named after the Old 'King's' Mill) in October 1963 on the 721 Royal York Road site next to Royal York Collegiate Institute (now Etobicoke School of the Arts).[2]

In September 1980, Kingsmill, Alderwood Collegiate Institute, New Toronto SS (later Lakeshore Collegiate Institute), and Royal York CI underwent a review by the Etobicoke Board of Education. A similar review occurred in 1987 when EBE originally decided to close Kingsmill and Humbergrove Secondary School in April 1987 since enrolment went down at the 207 mark in 1987 and 191 in 1988.[3] Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Separate School Board (now the Toronto Catholic District School Board) has offered to hand over Kingsmill to ease overcrowding conditions at Michael Power/St. Joseph High School.

In March 1988, the EBE approved the closure of Kingsmill effective June 1988. The transfer of Kingsmill to the MSSB was approved in November 1988. The programs at Kingsmill and Humbergrove were consolidated into Westway High School that is renamed to Central Etobicoke High School.[4] The site needed a complete revamp to become academically oriented schools and costs $3 million.[5]

The Kingsmill campus was temporarily used in early 1989 when De La Salle College was destroyed by student vandalism and flood costed over $4,000,000.00 of damage to the main building at the Fanham campus.[6] On September 5, 1989, the school was officially reopened as Bishop Allen Academy with the area previously served by Etobicoke's first Catholic secondary schools in Our Lady of Sorrows Parish; Michael Power school for boys and St. Joseph's, Islington for girls which, having combined, moved from the area in 1993.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.torontolandscorp.com/images/pdfs/Toronto_Lands_Corp_Properties.pdf
  2. ↑ 'Etobicoke Remembered' by Robert Given
  3. ↑ Alati, John "Etobicoke's basic-level high school has just about everything but a name." Toronto Star. January 26, 1988. Neighbours p. W7. Retrieved on July 26, 2013. "It was decided to close Kingsmill and Humbergrove in April, 1987, because of declining enrolment."
  4. ↑ Contenta, Sandro. "Separate board takes two schools rejects one." Toronto Star. March 8, 1988. News p. A6. Retrieved on July 23, 2013. "Humbergrove Secondary School in Etobicoke and West Park Secondary School in Toronto's west end were accepted yesterday during negotiations on the transfer or sharing of schools under Bill 30, the legislation extending full government funding to Roman Catholic high schools." and "However, it would cost up to $4 million to make the building suitable for sharing and the Toronto board will not pick up those costs."
  5. ↑ Armstrong, Jane $22 million to be spent renovating 7 schools Toronto Star - July 1, 1988; retrieved 2013/07/28
  6. ↑ "Students move to new school as vandalized building fixed" Toronto Star. February 7, 1989. News p. A7. Retrieved on July 28, 2013
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