[1][2] Alumnus Paul Abbott recalled a day when the student body voted on whether the school should add football or hockey as a new sport: It was 1970, the Bobby Orr era in Boston, so we chose hockey.

[2]In 1993, the Salesians of Don Bosco closed Savio, but an alumni group led by Peter J. Bagley redesigned an education strategy, convert to a coeducational preparatory school and leased a portion of the property.

In 2003, a former athletic director pleaded guilty to molesting three female athletes, and in 2006 a former wrestling coach pleaded guilty to raping two students and hazing three others.

[3] Concerned parents and alumni began meeting to discuss ways to keep the school open.

The group called themselves "Save Our Savio,"[3] but could never muster enough funding or support to find the school a new location.