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Midland Avenue Collegiate Institute (also known as Midland Avenue CI, MA, MACI, Midland CI, or Midland; formerly Midland Avenue Secondary School) is a Toronto District School Board-owned alternative learning complex in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada as the Midland Avenue Learning Centre consisting of Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies (SCAS), South East Year Round Alternative Centre (SEYRAC), and Caring and Safe Schools Midland program. Formerly a regular public high school, it opened in 1962 for the Scarborough Board of Education until its closure in 2000 due to low enrolment. Midland's motto is ''Semper as Optimum'' which transliterates to "Always strive for the best". ==History== Originally named Midland Avenue Secondary School (Midland Avenue SS, MASS or Midland SS), the school facility laid its cornerstone in 1959 with a time capsule was buried at that time.〔Rushowy, Kristin and Louise Brown. "(When a school is lost, we all feel hurt )." ''Toronto Star''. July 3, 2000. News p. B01. Retrieved on October 14, 2013.〕 Built in 1961 in an 13-acre behind the railway line, the school was then designed by an architectural firm Craig, Madill, Abram and Ingleson and opened its doors in September 4, 1962 under its first principal James Hamilton as Scarborough's eighth collegiate and the first composite secondary school. Aside from Cedarbrae Secondary School as the first trade-academic institution, Midland Avenue Secondary opened for students in the area who attended many secondary schools surrounding it such as Agincourt, R. H. King, Churchill, W. A. Porter and Thomson Collegiates. Midland Avenue Secondary was itself renamed to Midland Avenue Collegiate Institute in 1965. The sections of the original building such as the commercial and technical wing was added along with the swimming pool built in 1963 and 1964 as well as the library in 1974. During the 1980s, Midland experienced a sharp shift due to an overall lower birth rate of the overall population as with most schools in the Toronto area. The school body had also undergone a demographic shift from an influx of new immigration to the nearby area since the early 1990s. This was accompanied and complicated by a drop in attendance from students who lived in the area, who starting in the mid-1980s chose to go other schools in the area In 1988, Midland was risking closure as hundreds of students, parents and teachers jammed the meeting in protest. Trustees were scrambling to find a place to put Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies to that location (see below)〔Daly, Rita. "(Scarborough centre for adult learning needs new home )." ''Toronto Star''. January 10, 1989. Neighbors p. E3. Retrieved on July 29, 2013.〕 SBE has decided to transfer the adult school because it didn't want to part with an ordinary high school due to nearby Tabor Park Vocational School (which is a 2-minute drive) was handed over to the Metropolitan Separate School Board (now the Toronto Catholic District School Board) by July 1989. The reason given was that enrolment at Midland was declining as projections up to 1996 showed that about 740 students attended the school.〔Daly, Rita "(Board backs off as hundreds protest threatened closing of high school )" ''Toronto Star''. October 6, 1988. News, Page A3. Retrieved on August 14, 2013.〕〔"(School Confusion )" ''Toronto Star''. October 11, 1988. Editorial, Page A11. Retrieved on August 14, 2013〕 Several incidents happened at Midland such as two female students accused a group of boys of molesting and threatening them in 1990.〔Gombu, Phinjo. "(Three more students charged after complaints of assaults )." ''Toronto Star''. October 10, 1990. News p. A6. Retrieved on October 13, 2013.〕 Meanwhile, in April or May 1994, a student tipped the school administration to a hidden cache of knives and high-powered ammunition and stated that there was a fight planned. Police seized more than 59 ammunition rounds and a kitchen knife and an army combat knife. Two teenagers were placed under arrest.〔Irish, Paul. "(Midland principal praises student for tip on ammo )." ''Toronto Star''. May 5, 1994. Scarborough/Durham p. SD2. Retrieved on October 13, 2013.〕 The province defunded the adult day school at Midland Avenue in 1999, causing it to stop operating. The time capsule was opened by Nadine Segal, the principal, in 2000.〔 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「Midland Avenue Collegiate Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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