"I've seen their gym," he says. "It's much nicer."
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Many see charm in the Blessed Sacrament facility, built in 1924 with high ceilings, many tall windows and rich wooden paneling.
Besides the building itself, they say, the current location is across the street from Dana Park, which has green space and playground equipment.
The closest park to Fletcher is several blocks away.
"I made so many friends in the park," says eighth-grader Julian E. Joslin.
In the elementary grades, he says, he stayed in the park with his friends after school and "waited for the ice cream truck."
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