Douglas County could be the first wealthy, high-performing district to introduce vouchers, said Frederick Hess, director of education policy studies at the Washington, D.C.-based American ...

The Douglas County School District said its problems are unique, ... They’re large size communities and you can just see by looking at this map, there are not schools in the proximity of those ...

Douglas County School District contains 16 schools and 5,312 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 40%. Also, 21.7% of students are economically disadvantaged.