Kenn Harvey, principal at Riverdale Collegiate Institute, is interviewed by a reporter, in Toronto, on Dec. 12, 2019. The school received $2.26-million from the estate of George Trimble, a former student.
Mr. Harvey said he is mindful of that fact. “I think one of the great things about public education is that it is equitable. It’s really important the funds can’t be used for things that should be funded through provincial grants,” he said.Both have formed committees made up of their principals, parents, teachers, school staff and students.
The diploma of George Trembelzky is photographed at Riverdale Collegiate Institute. Both schools have formed committees made up of their principals, parents, teachers, school staff and students, to decide how to use the money.In October, the school tried out the idea. At its commencement ceremony for last year’s graduating class, 10 students received $2,500 each in bursaries from Dr. Trimble’s donation, based on their academic marks, community involvement and financial need.
“I think he was trying to support the people who supported him all those years he was studying and working,” she said in a phone interview from her home in Willow Springs, Mo., a four-hour drive from Kansas City.Dr. Trimble was born and raised in Toronto. His parents left Poland in the early 1900s, getting off a boat in New York and heading straight for Toronto. They owned a dry goods store not far from the schools Dr. Trimble attended, and lived in the apartment above.
She remembered her uncle, who died in June, 2016, as a simple, quiet and kind man. He never married and had no children.
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