From: Pollock Brock To 'Degrassi Digest
Subject RE The school building which Degrassi Junior high was filmed in for three years
Date: Tue. 20 Jan 1998 17:45:07

The school Vincent Massey was closed to regular public school education in 1983. Since that time Thc Etobicoke Board leased the building to many tenants. St. Peters College was a Private school that leased part of the building for a short period. While closed to public education the Etobicoke Board kept the school name on the building at the request of the community. Filming of Degrassi was an opportunity for the board to generate lease revenue on a vacant building, film locations in vacant schools allowed the board time to seek out long term tenants, we also had the T.V. series The Campbells filmed in another one of our vacant schools. The choice of school was basically due to availability. The location was vacant so filming schedules could be set without worrying about noise. Since it was vacant the location could be guaranteed for the entire series. The boards relationship with Degrassi was very good and we had no damage to the building.