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Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School, sometimes shortened to '''Kitchener Collegiate Institute''' and often abbreviated '''KCI''', is a Public Secondary School in Kitchener, Ontario , Canada . Its sports teams are known as the ''Raiders''. HISTORY The school first opened on April 2 , 1855 as the Berlin Senior Boys' Grammar School (Kitchener was known as Berlin At The Time ), in a building at the corner of King and Eby streets in the downtown area; it occupied space in the Berlin Central School (now Suddaby Public School ) on Frederick Street from 1857 to 1871 . With increasing numbers at the Central School, the school then moved to the former Swedenborgian Church on Church Street. In 1876 it moved to its current location (and first permanent home) on King Street West, closer to the Waterloo border. By then it was Co-ed and called '''Berlin High School''' (Ontario legislation passed in 1871 caused grammar schools to become high schools). In 1903 building commenced on the first expansion was made to the school (several have been made since); while building was still going on, some classes were moved to the City Hall and in Kitchener's Carnegie Library . On November 30 , 1904 , a Provincial-Order-in-Council raised the school to the status of a Collegiate Institute , and the school became the Berlin Collegiate and Technical Institute. The school changed names along with the city in 1916 to '''Kitchener Collegiate and Technical Institute'''. By 1919 the school was quite crowded, and the office and other unsuitable rooms were being used as classrooms. As well, the Dominion and Provincial governments had recently announced a policy assisting municipalities in funding of schools. Plans for an expansion were drawn, but were not approved by the municipality. Two years later, however, a set of revised plans were approved, and construction started on July 2 , 1922 . The new school opened for classes on September 4 , 1923 . The formal opening of the building took place on April 4 , 1924 , when the school was given its current name. Due to cramped conditions, grade 9 classes were held in the downtown Victoria Public School from 1933 to 1951 , when the west-wing addition was completed. It was the only public high school in the area until the 1950s . In 2003 , considerable controversy arose when the Waterloo Region District School Board was selecting a high school to close, in order to open a new school in the southwest end of Kitchener (this was required under the provincial funding model of the time). A large public outcry began when the staff report recommended the closure of KCI; further analysis of the financial situation by trustees, however, eliminated the need for a Kitchener school closure. The school colours are Red , Yellow , and Black (likely adopted from the Flag Of Germany ), and its motto is ''Veritas Vincat'' ( Latin , May Truth Prevail); until 1916 the motto was ''Höher Hinauf'' ( German , To the Heights). ALUMNI Noted students of the school include:
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