As students mill around Indian Creek High School鈥檚 cafeteria, Superintendent T.C. Chappelear greets them with a smile, stopping to chat, complimenting one on his performance in the school play.
His small school district outside of Steubenville has seen a 154% increase in use of Ohio鈥檚 EdChoice Expansion vouchers, private school scholarships open to any Ohio family.
The surge is even more dramatic in suburban areas around the state: It shot up 674% in one central Ohio district; 536% in Sylviana, near Toledo; and a district outside of Cincinnati tops the list with more than 2,000 scholarship participants.
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