Here's my favorite line in the story:
Barbara Maykish has opted not to homeschool her, saying she worried that she would not be able to help Rebecca with her math and writing problems.
I take that to mean she's not even helping her daughter to learn. She's just sitting back and letting the money roll in.
Normally I look at stories like this and say, "Hmm, we're probably not getting the whole tale here," because that's usually the case, and I try very hard not to be too judgmental. But this was just one dumb-ass excuse after another for not getting this kid the help she needed.
This young lady's fate has unfortunately been sealed; this experiment is an abject failure and the community has only succeeded in producing yet another candidate for perpetual assistance programs instead of a productive member of society. But I hope this opens some eyes to just where the tax dollars go and what they're being wasted on. Or at the very least, if a program like this has to exist, make the awards contingent on results - would that be so much to ask?