This is a lot of taxpayer's money that seems destined to simply disappear before our eyes.

Sad that there is no way to hold those named in the article accountable for the results of the use of this money.

In the late Nineties, one of my friends was a librarian for the Sequoia School District. The truancy and drop-out rates for Sequoia HS were astronomically high, so an internal investigation was launched to find out the real reasons.

As it turned out, my friend explained, most of the kids as Sequioia High had after-school employment. Many also had to provide daycare for younger siblings due to absent and/or overworked parents who held two or more jobs themselves. They had no time for homework, which made up a large portion of their grades.

As a result, most of these at-risk kids just gave up on school, didn't complete their homework at all, stopped going to school and eventually dropped out.

The solution was to eliminate homework. Within two years, my friend told me, the truancy rate had dropped dramatically and the graduation rate had gone up a whopping 40%!

This is a solution EPAand Belle Haven need to consider as well.