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The only people aware that the project happened, as far as I know, are myself, my boss, the man in charge, and the 56 students (who were in 6-8th grade at the time, and all from poor black families). The issuer of the grant was the local government, and they issue so many grants that I seriously doubt there's anyone looking at all of them.
If a student with poor parents in that age group get's a free iPod, his peer and parents are likely to notice.
The idea that you can give a school a grant worth $800,000 and only one adult in the school knowing about the grant also seems strange.
If a lot of the student got the second iPod makeover, and iPod touches were more expensive at the time the whole thing might have cost $20000. That means $780,000 just disappeared. If that kind of money disappears people are bound to be interested.