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Construction on New Bedford's new Congdon-Devalles Elementary School is on track for a January 2027 opening.

The new school will replace two of the city's oldest school buildings, Congdon and DeValles elementary schools.

It will be the city's first school to use a geothermal well system for climate control, aiming to reduce energy costs.

The project's total cost is tracking around $112 million, with the state reimbursing 80% of eligible costs.

NEW BEDFORD — With the steel framing for New Bedford's new Congdon-Devalles Elementary School in the city's South End now completed, things appear to be on track for the district's projected January 2027 opening, according to New Bedford School Committee member and Capital and Construction Standing Committee Chair Bruce Oli

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