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Viscount Bennett High School | |
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Address | |
2519 Richmond Road SW | |
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School type | Public |
Opened | September 1955 (jr high) September 1956 (sr high) |
Closed | June 1984 (sr high) June 1985 (jr high) |
School board | Calgary Board of Education |
Grades | 7-12 |
Teams | Vikings |
Yearbook | The Terminal |
Viscount Bennett High School was a combined junior and senior high school in the Richmond neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta that operated from 1955 to 1985. The city's fourth high school, Viscount was built to accommodate the baby boomer generation and the southwest suburbs that had grown rapidly after World War II. At its peak in the mid-1960s, the school had over 2,000 students. Due to the area's ageing population and the opening of other high schools nearby, after only 30 years Viscount Bennett closed in 1985.