Central Technical School
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725 Bathurst Street Toronto, ON, M5S 2R5 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°39′48″N 79°24′30″W / 43.663218°N 79.408450°WCoordinates: 43°39′48″N 79°24′30″W / 43.663218°N 79.408450°W |
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| School type | Public high school |
| Motto | To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield |
| Founded | September 1915 |
| School board | Toronto District School Board |
| Superintendent | Louie Papathanasakis |
| Area trustee | Briony Glassco |
| School number | 1285 |
| Principal | Lisa Edwards |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | almost 1600 (2014) |
| Language | English (French and Spanish courses are also available) |
| Colour(s) | Blue and White |
| Mascot | Blue Dragon |
| Team name | BLUES |
| Website | centraltechnicalschool |
Central Technical School (C.T.S.) is a composite high school located at 725 Bathurst Street at Harbord Street in Toronto, Ontario. It is a part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). Prior to 1998 it was within the Toronto Board of Education (TBE).
C.T.S. offers a wide range of programs, including all core academic courses, as well as concentration and specialization in visual arts and technical studies. C.T.S. also offers enriched levels and special education, including resource room and monitoring for students who have been identified as having learning disabilities, and support for students in the transition from high school to university, college, apprenticeship or employment.
Around the start of the 20th century, the northern and western limits of the City of Toronto intersected approximately at the corner of Bloor and Spadina. It was here that the horse-drawn trolleys of the Toronto Street Railway turned off Bloor Street and made their way south towards the lakefront.
Suburbia began at Spadina, and slightly to the west, where Central Tech now stands was a large apple orchard owned by members of the Saywell family. As more people moved to the suburbs part of this orchard was purchased by the Board of Education and it became the site of Borden St. public school. The fact that the Board already owned this property was largely responsible for its choice as the site of the Toronto Technical School when construction of this school was finally approved.
Currently, the main building of the complex is the fourth home of Central Technical School. As early as 1888, the Association of Stationary Engineers had requested the City Council to consider the establishment of a school for technical training to meet the need for skilled workers for Toronto’s booming industries. There followed a certain amount of political buck passing in which the Council tried to shift the responsibility for founding such a school to the Board of Management of the Public Library. The Library Board investigated the whole picture of technical education on this continent and reported that the need for such a school was obvious, but that to be effective, it should be on a much larger scale than originally contemplated by Council. They recommended that a special committee be set up to blueprint the organization and management of the proposed institution. Finally, in 1891, Council passed a motion “to establish The Toronto Technical School to be located in the St. Lawrence Hall and the anterooms connected therein.” The school mainly catered to older students with the classes being held in the evenings so that employees could attend after work. Classes began on January 26, 1892, and were held from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. each public school day.
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