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Kingston Secondary School (KSS) is a high school located in Kingston,
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
, Canada. After the closing of
Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute (KCVI) was a secondary school in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1792 by Reverend John Stuart based upon a grant for secondary education in the colony of Upper Canada, it moved to its location at ...
, considered the oldest public secondary school in Ontario and the second oldest in Canada, students were phased into KSS. As of 2023, KSS accommodates 1,340 students, with approximately 240 being in
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and 1,100 in
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.


History

Kingston Secondary School opened to students on December 15, 2020, merging students from the closed Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute (KCVI) and Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute (QECVI). Construction of KSS began in 2017 after the demolition of QECVI that year. The school was planned to be open to students in the 2018–19 school year, though opening was then delayed to 2019–20 school year. Due to the
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, the date was further pushed back and the school finally opened in the 2020-21 school year.


References

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