Although the city's struggling schools generally face closure because of pooracademic performance, the Believe schools are being targeted for fiscal and governance problems.
In 2009, one year after Sampson's departure, there came a final insult: Pooracademic performance cost the Hoosiers two basketball scholarships for a season.
It does not always occur, however research has indicated that father absence can lead to pooracademic performance, and in some instances lead to delinquent behaviors.