Why Not You Academy, the beleaguered Russell Wilson-backed charter school in Des Moines, King County, will close next month because declining enrollment made it impossible to stay open.
The school opened in 2021 and once had nearly 200 students in ninth through 12th grade, according to data from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. But only 65 students remained last October, with nine of them in ninth grade, state data showed.
The academy’s board unanimously voted to shutter the school in November because it was “chronically and significantly under enrolled,” which left it “not financially or operationally viable,” according to minutes from its Nov. 21 meeting. Four members approved the measure. One was absent…