Committee On

Oversight & Government Reform

The DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Keeping the Door Open

March 1, 2011

Witnesses

Panel 1
Mr. Ronald Holassie (testimony)
Senior at Archbishop Carroll High School
DC OSP Recipient
Ms. Lesly Alvarez (testimony)
8th Grade Student at Sacred Heart School
DC OSP Recipient
Ms. Sheila Jackson (testimony)
Mother to OSP Student, Shawnee Jackson
Ms. Latasha Bennett (testimony)
Mother to OSP Students, Nico & Nia Bennett
Panel 2
Mr. Kevin Chavous (testimony)
Chairman
Black Alliance for Education Options
Dr. Patrick Wolf (testimony)
Professor & 21st Century Chair in School Choice
Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas
Ms. Betty North (testimony)
Principal and CEO
Preparatory School of DC
Dr. Ramona Edelin (testimony)
Executive Director
D.C. Association of Chartered Public Schools