only 40 new students. The Ottawa Board of Education decided to close the school in May 1992. The five-acre (20,000 m2) campus now houses many different tenants offering training and 2 high school programs. The TFO series Science Point Com is filmed in the empty classrooms. Despite pressure to sell the buildings, which in 1999 were valued at over $10 million, the site is still owned by the board of education. On June 9, 2009, local media reported that the site may be chosen as a location for a new downtown branch of the Ottawa Public Library. References Keith, Janet. The Collegiate Institute Board of Ottawa: A Short History, 1843-1969. Ottawa: Kent, 1969. Universite d'Ottawa, S.O. 1965, C. 137, Part II, paragraph 9(b). Defunct schools in Ottawa Educational institutions established in 1913 Educational institutions disestablished in 1992 1913 establishments in Ontario 1992 disestablishments in Ontario