PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- As demolition of Providence's Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School is set to start soon, a former city leader who's an alum reflected on what the school meant to him.

David Salvatore, executive director of the Providence Foundation and a former City Council president, told 12 News Monday the building is full of memories for him.

According to the city's school district, plans are to build a new building that will house a pre-K through Grade 8 school.

Currently, students have been relocated to Esek Hopkins Middle School while the project is underway.

Salvatore reflected on his time at RFK Elementary, while also describing a walkthrough that faculty and former students made Sunday before the doors officially closed.

"So seeing everyone yesterday come through for

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