J. L. Ilsley High School Explained

J. L. Ilsley High School
Address:138 Sylvia Avenue
Country:Canada
Coordinates:44.6078°N -63.6101°W
Motto:"Justitia et Doctrina per Tempus"
Motto Translation:Justice and Wisdom Through Time
Founded:1971
Principal:Marilyn MacGibbon
Grades:9-12
Enrollment:1,007[1]
Enrollment As Of:2022
Colours: Purple and White
Team Name:Judges

J.L. Ilsley High School is a Canadian high school located in Spryfield in the eastern part of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The school is named after James Lorimer Ilsley, a former federal cabinet minister who served in Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's World War II government and was later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. The school opened in 1971. Funding for the construction of a new school to replace the existing structure was announced in 2018. The province of Nova Scotia has opened the new school for the 2021–2022 school year.[2] When the new school opened there were no smoke alarms or functioning security cameras in the school. [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: J.L. Ilsley High | Halifax Regional Centre for Education.
  2. Web site: New J.L. Ilsley High School to be located behind current building . CBC News. May 30, 2018 . Anjuli . Patil . en. February 14, 2019.
  3. Frances Willick (November 03, 2021) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/new-j-l-ilsley-high-school-construction-concerns-1.6235688 CBC News.
  4. Web site: Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia . January 9, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20101222202658/http://writers.ns.ca/writers/R/robinsonmatt.html# . December 22, 2010. dead .