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Argentina Public School
Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted October, 2016
This 1965 Toronto Board of Education plaque, located in the lobby of Garden Avenue Junior Public School on Garden Avenue just west of Roncesvalles Avenue, has this to say:
Coordinates: 43.643251 -79.449175 |
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As part of its senior/junior public school programme, the Toronto Board of Education in 1955 decided that a new junior school in this district was necessary.
Twenty-two separate parcels of land were purchased. Building operations commenced on October 18, 1956. The corner stone was laid on May 10, 1957 and the building officially opened on November 13, 1957, as the Garden Avenue Public School.
During a visit by Dr. Arturo Frondizi, president of Argentina, to Toronto on November 29, 1961, this building was renamed Argentina Public School.
The second floor was added in 1963 to accommodate the increased enrolment.
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