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Springfield Plans To Buy Two Parochial School Buildings

By Paul Tuthill

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Springfield MA – Two Catholic schools that are being closed this week by the Diocese of Springfield Massachusetts will re-open this fall as public schools. The city of Springfield is using a new program created by the federal economic stimulus act to purchase the parish schools as replacements for two of the city's oldest school buildings...WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill reports..