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...Despite Chelsea's difficulties keeping up funding, Carleton says that the programs will continue. Chelsea has received five million dollars in philanthropic grants and two million directly from the university, but day-to-day money for the project comes from Chelsea's own budget and state funds...
Lorraine Ruby, an art teacher at Chelsea High and the executive vice-president in the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers, agrees...
...Turning over public money to a private corporation is a trend toward the downfall of democracy," says Ruby, who is part of the Chelsea Teacher's Union's lawsuit against the school committee. "B.U. is reaping benefits, using the public's pocket to fund its own programs...
...great deal of the program's fame does derive from its successes. Clemente points to other changes, including a 20 percent raise in teacher salaries, a proposition in legislature for funding to rebuild many of the school buildings and the establishment of two annual scholarships to B.U. for Chelsea students...
...also aided the school's newspaper, student government, and computer literacy courses. Other projects encourage university staff and student volunteers to tutor and perform other educational work in Chelsea. "I spend a lot of time working in Chelsea," Clemente says...