The Learning First Charter Public School in Worcester will move to the site of St. Mary s Schools off Vernon Street to occupy a building that closed last year.
Learning First plans to start a $14-million renovation this fall and move in over the summer of 2022. Those costs will be funded primarily through tax-exempt bonds, donations, historic tax credits, and cash the school has saved, Learning First said.
A limited liability corporation registered to the charter school s business services manager and others bought the site on April 1 as part of a $4.3-million deal.
Learning First will move from 51 Gage St. to the St. Mary s site, which it said in an announcement Monday is a better fit with more parking, a bigger gymnasium and other classroom needs. The charter school, which has 670 students, was called Seven Hills Charter Public School until changing its name last year, not being affiliated with the Worcester-based Seven Hills Foundation.