St. Edmund Campion Secondary School
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St. Edmund Campion Catholic Secondary School is a high school in Brampton, Ontario
, Canada
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On September 2 2003, the school opened with 250 grade 9 students in Mississauga while the Brampton building was under construction. The Mississauga building was shared by grade 9 students from St. Marcellinus and John Cabot Secondary Schools. In its second year, there were grade 9 and 10 classes, and the building was shared with students from Metropolitan Andrei elementary school. The school moved to its present building in Brampton in 2005, with 1300 students in grades 9, 10, and 11, and a grade 12 class in 2006.
In August 2009, the school principal, Kevin McGuire, removed the book To Kill a Mockingbird
from the grade 10 curriculum due to a complaint received from a parent who expressed concern about the language in the book. It was put back in the grade 10 curriculum in 2011.
Neville Mant took over as school principal in 2010/2011 after Kevin McGuire's retirement in June 2010.
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Brampton, Ontario
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, Canada
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On September 2 2003, the school opened with 250 grade 9 students in Mississauga while the Brampton building was under construction. The Mississauga building was shared by grade 9 students from St. Marcellinus and John Cabot Secondary Schools. In its second year, there were grade 9 and 10 classes, and the building was shared with students from Metropolitan Andrei elementary school. The school moved to its present building in Brampton in 2005, with 1300 students in grades 9, 10, and 11, and a grade 12 class in 2006.
In August 2009, the school principal, Kevin McGuire, removed the book To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was instantly successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature...
from the grade 10 curriculum due to a complaint received from a parent who expressed concern about the language in the book. It was put back in the grade 10 curriculum in 2011.
Neville Mant took over as school principal in 2010/2011 after Kevin McGuire's retirement in June 2010.
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