Demand high for D.C. private school vouchers

More than 1,150 District students applied for vouchers to attend private school next year, on top of the 1,650 who are already participating in the federally funded D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, city officials say.

The voucher program was flooded with 1,558 applications when Congress renewed it last year. But as the D.C. Children and Youth Investment Trust Corp. continues to count this year’s applications, demand remains strong among parents looking to enroll their children in private schools.