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Degrassi Community School

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Degrassi Community School opened in 2001, and was the school that held the Degrassi High reunion. At first it was just a Junior High School, taking up grades from 7th-8th grade, but in 2002, Degrassi intergrated into a High school as well. It seems that after the final group of 8th graders, from it's original opening, reached the 9th grade, Degrassi Community School became a High School instead. 7th, and 8th graders no longer attended the school.

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[edit] Notable Instances that occured at Degrassi Community School

[edit] School Shooting

In 2004, Rick Murray, a 10th grader, brought a hand gun to school, after having yellow paint and white chicken feathers poured on him after he won the Whack-Your-Brain Competition. It is believed that he first wanted to shoot 11th grader Paige Michalchuk in the cafe. After she apologized to him about the prank (saying it was "sickening and childish") and unknowingly defusing the situation, he put his gun back into his bag, which he then puts into his locker, but after hearing some untrue information from Spinner Mason and Jay Hogart, he shoots Jimmy Brooks in the back. The school is put on lockdown, as students flee from the gun wielding student. Emma Nelson, Toby Isaacs, and Sean Cameron run into Rick, and he tried to shoot Emma in the head, but Sean grabs the gun. When the gun goes off while they are fighting for it, Sean gets grazed by the bullet, while Rick dies. The school remains on lockdown for a few more hours, before students were let out to their parents. Degrassi now has a zero tolerance policy for bullying.

[edit] Gonorrhea Outbreak

In the same year of the school shooting, a group of students have unprotected oral sex, which leads to the STD gonorrhea.

[edit] Violent Rivalry with Lakehurst High School

In the 2006-2007 school year, a school rivalry occured, which ended in a death of Degrassi student J.T Yorke.

[edit] Merger with Lakehurst High School

Over the winter break of the 2006-2007 school year Lakehurst High School burned down and the students were forced to move into Degrassi to finish their schooling. This (with the recent stabbing of J.T. Yorke) caused fights to break out within the student bodies.

[edit] Principals

Degrassi has gone through three principals. The first, Daniel Raditch, was removed after the school shooting. He was replaced by Daphne Hatzilakos who left to take care of her mother in Saskatchewan. Principal Sheppard (the former principal of Lakehurst High School known as "The Shep") replaced her for a semester but lost his job when she returned.

[edit] Notable Alumni

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