Site picked for Saugus charter school

Officials from a new charter school in Saugus have selected a site for a new school near Saugus High School, but students enrolled for this school year will attend classes in Everett temporarily until the school is built.
Dominic Slowey, a spokesperson for the Pioneer Charter School of Science, said executives are in the process of negotiating a purchase and lease agreement for an empty lot behind Grace Ministries at 97 Main St., which is just a few blocks from Saugus High.?There’s empty land behind the church and that will be the site,” said Slowey. “They’re still negotiating minor points on the purchase and sales agreement ? but they’re far enough along that they’re comfortable saying that we’ve identified a site and we’re negotiating a P and S on that site.”So far 180 students from Saugus, Danvers, Peabody, Salem and Lynn are enrolled for grades seven through nine for the upcoming school year and Slowey said they will attend classes at the old Everett High School on Broadway in Everett.Matt Tempesta of The Daily Item is working on the story and will have a full report in Wednesday’s edition.