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October 29, 2020

Russell Wilson, Ciara fund charter school in Seattle area

By SALLY HO
The Associated Press

SEATTLE — Football star Russell Wilson and wife Ciara, the Grammy-winning performer, are the latest wealthy philanthropists to back a charter school.

Through their Why Not You Foundation, Wilson and Ciara are contributing about $1.75 million to rebrand an existing charter program known as Cascade Midway Academy, just south of Seattle. The Cascade high school program was set to debut this year before the pandemic forced founders Garth Reeves and Scott Canfield to delay opening.


 
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