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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...
...chief source of opposition to the BU plan is the Chelsea Teachers' Union, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers. The 350 Chelsea teachers, who have been without a contract since last June, object in particular to BU's request for exemption from public meeting and records laws that govern all school committees...
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...