Word: chelsea
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...committee's five-to-two vote made a contract with BU a near certainty. The contract would put into effect a 10-year plan under which the university would revamp Chelsea's decrepit schools...
...decision would mark the first time a private entitity has taken over management of a public school system, and Chelsea teachers say it may be unconstitutional...
...Chelsea teachers and administrators are still wrangling over their school committee's decision last week to let Boston University run its troubled school system...
...novel scheme has sparked bitterness among Chelsea teachers and the school committee, who say it gives B.U. too much power. B.U.'s blunt-spoken president, John Silber, admits that the program "is not going to be run like a Quaker meeting." B.U. originally proposed that a university-appointed board would make most school decisions. Outraged school committee members successfully lobbied for the right to to overrule verdicts on the budget or school policy with a two-thirds vote. However, B.U. would still hold most of the cards...
Financially, the going has already been rough. Though B.U. had optimistically hoped for $2.5 million in corporate and foundation support for the Chelsea plan, only two donors have come through so far. But the lack of funds does not seem to worry the university. Education dean Peter Greer, who will run the experiment when it goes into effect, believes the solution to Chelsea's problems ultimately depends as much on B.U.'s imagination as on money. Says he: "If we can't bring improvement to this system, then we're not very good...