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Makeshift high school consisting of 15 portable classrooms, a recreation centre and six rooms in a condemned school is inspected by Toronto Board of E(...)
Makeshift high school consisting of 15 portable classrooms, a recreation centre and six rooms in a condemned school is inspected by Toronto Board of E(...)

Makeshift high school consisting of 15 portable classrooms, a recreation centre and six rooms in a condemned school is inspected by Toronto Board of E(...)

Date8/10/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Makeshift high school consisting of 15 portable classrooms, a recreation centre and six rooms in a condemned school is inspected by Toronto Board of Education Chairman William Rose. A permanent school is planned for area.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0077487F
    Makeshift high school consisting of 15 portable classrooms, a recreation centre and six rooms in a condemned school is inspected by Toronto Board of E(...)
    Makeshift high school consisting of 15 portable classrooms, a recreation centre and six rooms in a condemned school is inspected by Toronto Board of E(...)
    Goode, Jeff
    8/9/1967
    Portables fill playground: From the roof of St. Roch Separate School on Duncanwoods Dr. in North York, Metro Separate School Board Chairman Bruno Suppa can see pupils play among 20 portable classrooms that occupy most of the playground. Yet a few streets away, Whitfield Public School is more than half empty. The province is trying to make the public and separate systems co-operate in using available space.
    Portables fill playground: From the roof of St. Roch Separate School on Duncanwoods Dr. in North York, Metro Separate School Board Chairman Bruno Suppa can see pupils play among 20 portable classrooms that occupy most of the playground. Yet a few streets away, Whitfield Public School is more than half empty. The province is trying to make the public and separate systems co-operate in using available space.
    Cooper, David
    2/15/1980
    Poor ventilation and chemical fumes in portable classrooms are blamed for air pollution
    Poor ventilation and chemical fumes in portable classrooms are blamed for air pollution
    Stuparyk, Michael
    1/15/1988
    About 20,000 students in Peel Region walked out of their high school classrooms yesterday to protest the breakdown in negotiations between teachers an(...)
    About 20,000 students in Peel Region walked out of their high school classrooms yesterday to protest the breakdown in negotiations between teachers an(...)
    Calleja, Frank
    4/6/1977
    Two of the boys relax after school by playing billiards in one of the recreation rooms of the Barrie house
    Two of the boys relax after school by playing billiards in one of the recreation rooms of the Barrie house
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    3/25/1974
    Thousands of school children in Western Ontario deserted their classrooms to cheer the King and Queen at the many stops made by the royal train betwee(...)
    Thousands of school children in Western Ontario deserted their classrooms to cheer the King and Queen at the many stops made by the royal train betwee(...)
    Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
    6/17/1939
    Ready to help: Ed Gough, a teaching assistant in the Bathurst-Eglinton area, volunteered for a program aimed at putting more male role models into Metro's elementary school classrooms
    Ready to help: Ed Gough, a teaching assistant in the Bathurst-Eglinton area, volunteered for a program aimed at putting more male role models into Metro's elementary school classrooms
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    8/12/1992
    Hats on: Students at Oshawa's O'Neill Collegiate make a fashion statement after a protest, then compromise, allowed students to wear caps in school, but not in classrooms or the auditorium
    Hats on: Students at Oshawa's O'Neill Collegiate make a fashion statement after a protest, then compromise, allowed students to wear caps in school, but not in classrooms or the auditorium
    Beaty, Keith
    10/22/1992
    Empty classrooms are already the reality in Ontario's clementary schools, where enrolment is down by one thrid, to 1 million. Next year, secondary sch(...)
    Empty classrooms are already the reality in Ontario's clementary schools, where enrolment is down by one thrid, to 1 million. Next year, secondary sch(...)
    Combs, Erin
    1/12/1978
    Ontario training centre Brampton boys walk freely from classrooms to cottage style dormatories's
    Ontario training centre Brampton boys walk freely from classrooms to cottage style dormatories's
    Griffin, Doug
    5/26/1971
    Not a typical professor, Robert Logan teaches students at his two-hour class at Seed, Toronto's unconventional high school operating from rented rooms in the Young Men's Hebrew Association building on Spadina Ave
    Not a typical professor, Robert Logan teaches students at his two-hour class at Seed, Toronto's unconventional high school operating from rented rooms in the Young Men's Hebrew Association building on Spadina Ave
    Barkley, Harold
    2/16/1971
    Classroom at home: Sidney Ledson teaches his daughter Jena, 15, at home after removing the girl from Scarborough high school because he felt her education was suffering
    Classroom at home: Sidney Ledson teaches his daughter Jena, 15, at home after removing the girl from Scarborough high school because he felt her education was suffering
    Lennon, Frank
    1/15/1985