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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.〔http://www.torontolandscorp.com/images/pdfs/Toronto_Lands_Corp_Properties.pdf〕 ==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).〔'Etobicoke Remembered' by Robert Given〕 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.〔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."〕 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.〔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."〕 The site needed a complete revamp to become academically oriented schools and costs $3 million.〔Armstrong, Jane ($22 million to be spent renovating 7 schools ) ''Toronto Star'' - July 1, 1988; retrieved 2013/07/28〕 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.〔"( Students move to new school as vandalized building fixed )" ''Toronto Star''. February 7, 1989. News p. A7. Retrieved on July 28, 2013〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kingsmill Secondary School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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