Midland Av C.I.

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Closing of Midland Avenue Collegiate Institute, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada; Final "Open Doors" day and series of interviews with alumni from different generations, teachers and parents. See all six parts

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The closing of Midland Avenue Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada was an emotional occasion for some. June 3rd 2000 was a final school reunion and the start of this inquiry into the reasons for this decision. Comments by Rick Scofield on the history of southern Scarborough; interviews with Bob Gidney, Wyn Miller, Sharon Thurston, Pat Hipgrove, Duncan Greene on the school in the sixties.

Why did enrolment at the school drop. Interviews with Sharon Thurston, Pat Hipgrave, Amalia Kartsonis, Coleen McIntyre, Andy Sampogna

Sharon Hirshenhorn and Brian Sambourne comment on the fall of enrolment at Midland Avenue Collegiate Institute in the 80s and 90s. Solutions were possible but the news of the closing put an end to all alternatives.