The city is “definitely considering” buying Bishop Connolly High School, the Diocese-owned Catholic school that closed in June 2023 after 57 years.

Mayor Paul Coogan said the property was “a very viable alternative” to alleviate overcrowding in the Fall River Public School district. Coogan said Bishop Connolly was “functional,” but the second floor will need further renovations — “nothing too overwhelming” — before being brought back as a fully operational school.

Besides the second floor that “hasn’t been used at all,” Coogan said, the gym and the auditorium accessible on the first floor have been utilized by the FRPS’ pre-kindergarten program, which currently serves anywhere between 280 and 300 students, Coogan said.

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