Banting Memorial High School Banting Memorial High School Banting Memorial High School is a public secondary institution serving grades 9-12, located in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Simcoe County District School Board and currently has a student population of about 1550. The principal is Alberto Bernardi. The school is named in honour of Sir Frederick Grant Banting, a key member of the Canadian scientific team that discovered how to extract and use insulin for treating diabetes mellitus. Alliston, Ontario, Canada was the home town of Sir Frederick Banting, and is also the foundation of his homestead. Banting Memorial offers attending students
Frederick Banting a provincially appointed facilitator, the Town of New Tecumseth offered $1 million to the Ontario Historical Society (OHS). The town intended to turn the property over to the Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation for preservation of the property and buildings, and the Legacy Foundation planned to erect a Camp for Diabetic Youths. The day after the November 22, 2006, deadline for the OHS to sign the agreement, the OHS announced that it had sold the property for housing development to Solmar Development for more than $2 million. The Town of New Tecumseth announced it would designate the property under the