AUBURN (WGME) — The Portland Diocese is reopening the St. Dominic Academy campus, not for the high school, but for pre-K through eighth grade students.

After the St. Dom’s campus closed at the end of the school year, enrollment dropped at its K-8 school. But it was higher than expected. As a result, the bishop of Portland says space at the Holy Cross school proved to be inadequate, forcing the mid-year move back the St. Dom’s campus in Auburn.

In a letter to families, Bishop James Ruggieri said: “It became clear Holy Family would not be adequate, and the Holy Cross campus will not be able to suitably accommodate St. Dominic Academy for the foreseeable future.”

Parents raised concerns about moving the Catholic middle school from St. Dom’s to Holy Cross, citing plumbing and mold issues.

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