CHURCH WANTS EX-SCHOOL FOR SENIOR HOUSING BAPTISTS NEGOTIATE TO CONVERT THE OLD ST. JOSEPH'S HIGH SCHOOL INTO LIVING SPACE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: SARAH METZGAR Staff writer

ALBANY An Arbor Hill Baptist church wants to convert the old St. Joseph's High School into senior citizen housing by planning to raise as much as $1 million to build 50 apartments.

The dilapidated ex-high school at Second and North Swan streets is currently used for a youth boxing program, winter basketball, food giveaways and a small teen games room. Mayor Jerry Jennings wants to relocate those activities to an abandoned two-story city firehouse on North Lark Street,spending $350,000 on renovations.

The Metropolitan New Testament Mission Baptist Church, meanwhile, is negotiating with the Roman Catholic …