Savio Preparatory High School

{{Infobox school

|name = St. Dominic Savio Preparatory High School

|image = St. Dominic Savio High School (1).jpg

|established = 1958

|closed = 2007

|streetaddress = 145 Byron Street

|city = East Boston

|state = Massachusetts

|zipcode = 02128

|country = United States

|schooltype = High school

|religion = Roman Catholic, Salesians of Don Bosco

|colors = Red and White {{color box|red}} {{color box|white}} followed by Maroon and gold {{color box|maroon}}{{color box|gold}}

|motto = Potius Mori Quam Foedari|motto_translation = Death before Dishonor|patron = St. Dominic Savio

|yearbook = The Spartan

|employees =

|founder = Fr. Joseph Caselli, S.D.B.

|status = Defunct

|superintendent =

|principal = Anders Peterson (2007)

|team_name = Spartans

|sports = Football, Baseball, Cross Country, Basketball, Hockey, Track

|district = Archdiocese of Boston

|newspaper = The Spartan Forum

|ratio = 1:14 (2001)|director = |grades = 9–12

|gender = Male only (1958–1993), coeducational (1993–2007)

|nickname = Dom Savio

|campus_type = Urban

|enrolment =

|website = http://www.savioprep.org/ {{dead link|date=March 2021}}

}}

St. Dominic Savio Preparatory High School, formerly St. Dominic Savio High School, was a Roman Catholic high school located in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The school was founded in 1958 and closed in 2007.

History

The school was founded as an all-boys school in 1958 by the Salesians of Don Bosco, a Catholic religious order.{{Cite web|url = http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/725556/15074323/1320987970587/Province+of+St.+Philip+History+-+1945-1973.pdf?token=V%2BauAZjx%2BfODEdoy7fcIXaWzmnI%3D|title = Province of St. Phillip History 1945-1973}}{{Cite web | title = Facing its Demise, Tiny Savio Fights On| url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/10/facing_its_demise_tiny_savio_fights_on/?page=full| website = www.boston.com| access-date = 2015-10-02}} Alumnus Paul Abbott recalled a day when the student body voted on whether the school should add football or hockey as a new sport:

It was 1970, the Bobby Orr era in Boston, so we chose hockey.

In 1993, the Salesians of Don Bosco closed Savio, but an alumni group led by Peter J. Bagley redesigned an education strategy, convert to a coeducational preparatory school and leased a portion of the property.

=New direction=

From 1995 to 2005, Savio Prep's enrollment grew to over 400 co-ed students. In 2003, a former athletic director pleaded guilty to molesting three female athletes, and in 2006 a former wrestling coach pleaded guilty to raping two students and hazing three others. Enrollment declined and finances became tight.

=School closed=

At the end of the 2006–2007 school year, the Salesian owners of the building did not renew the lease, citing the deteriorating condition of the building and lack of funds to repair it.{{Cite web|title=Savio Shuts Down|url=http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2007/06/06/savio_shuts_down/?page=full|access-date=2015-10-03|website=www.boston.com}} Concerned parents and alumni began meeting to discuss ways to keep the school open. The group called themselves "Save Our Savio," but could never muster enough funding or support to find the school a new location. It was clear that 2006–2007 had been the last St. Dominic Savio school year.

The building now houses the Edward W. Brooke Charter School. An addition has been built on the site of the former Salesian residence.{{Cite web | title = From the Eastern Front: Former Dom Savio Building to Be Sold| url = http://sdbnews.blogspot.com/2013/03/former-dom-savio-building-to-be-sold.html| website = From the Eastern Front| date = 2013-03-02| access-date = 2015-10-03| first = Fr| last = Mike}}

Demographics

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Enrollment

!Religious

Employees

!Lay

Employees

!Total

Employees

1970s–1980s

|440

|n/a

2000

|381{{Cite web|title = 2000 Dom Savio Preparatory High School Yearbook|url = http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/Dom-Savio-Preparatory-High-School/231063?page=114|website = www.classmates.com|access-date = 2015-10-03}}

|39

|43

2001

|400{{Cite web|title = 2001 Dom Savio Preparatory High School Yearbook|url = http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/Dom-Savio-Preparatory-High-School/229177?page=6|website = www.classmates.com|access-date = 2015-10-02}}

|45

|49

2002

|392

|n/a

2003

|n/a

2004

|n/a

2007

|165

|n/a

Heads of school

class="wikitable"

!Director

!Years

!Headmaster/Principal

!Years

Fr. Isgro (mid TO late '60's)

|Fr. Joseph Caselli, S.D.B.

|1958–?

| rowspan="3" |unknown

| rowspan="3" |1958–74

unknown

|?–1969

Fr. Joseph Stella )MID TO LATE 60'S)

|Fr. Albert Sofia, S.D.B.{{Cite web|title = Obit Fr. Sofia|url = http://www.eastboston.com/Archives/Salesians/FrAlSofiaSalesianRIPSavioAdmin.htm|website = www.eastboston.com|access-date = 2015-10-03}}

|1969–72

Fr. Albert Sofia, S.D.B.

|1971–73

|Fr. Joseph Santa Bibiana, S.D.B.

|1971–73

unknown

| 1974

| rowspan="2"|Fr. Donald Zarkoski, S.D.B.

| rowspan="2"|1974–81

Fr. Earl R. Bissonnette, S.D.B.

|1975-1980

rowspan="4" |Fr. Jonathan D. Parks, S.D.B{{cite web|url=http://www.eastboston.com/Archives/Salesians/10-0714SalesianParksObituary.html|title=Fr. Jonathan D. Parks, Salesian, former principal of St. Dominic Savio H.S. has died.|author=Fr. Michael Mendl, S.D.B.|work=Eastboston.com}}

| rowspan="4" |1981–98

rowspan="3" |unknown

| rowspan="3" |1993–2000

Edward Minor

|2000–01

|William P. Sullivan

|2000–01

rowspan="2" |unknown

| rowspan="2" |2001–07

|unknown

|2001–06

Anders Peterson