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jayes_musings) wrote2009-04-09 11:46 am
jayes_musings) wrote2009-04-09 11:46 am
Goodbye Northfields
My high school, Northfields Upper School that at some point after I left became Northfields Technology College (but still a high school), is closing this August after 73 years.
It will reopen under a new admninistration, new funding, and a totally new name, All Saints Academy. WTF name is that? It's government funded, not parochial. They will also be tearing down some (if not all?) of the buildings...including one that dates back to the start of the school.
It is the passing of an era for me. While not my favourite place to be at the tine, I was fortunate enough to be there during the period that Northfields was undoubtedly the best high school in the district (out of 4). People in other zones fought to have their children go to there, including my own parents, and I was lucky enough to get a place. We had a nationally acclaimed school band (which I was not a part of). The period before and after I left, Northfields was the rough school (although I believe when it became a Technology College, it again improved), but those few years were a highlight in its history.
It is indeed a sad moment.
It will reopen under a new admninistration, new funding, and a totally new name, All Saints Academy. WTF name is that? It's government funded, not parochial. They will also be tearing down some (if not all?) of the buildings...including one that dates back to the start of the school.
It is the passing of an era for me. While not my favourite place to be at the tine, I was fortunate enough to be there during the period that Northfields was undoubtedly the best high school in the district (out of 4). People in other zones fought to have their children go to there, including my own parents, and I was lucky enough to get a place. We had a nationally acclaimed school band (which I was not a part of). The period before and after I left, Northfields was the rough school (although I believe when it became a Technology College, it again improved), but those few years were a highlight in its history.
It is indeed a sad moment.