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some have a compelling story about a desire for bettering themselves in the future. We give them that opportunity to make a change for their life.”

It’s not true that being a Woodrow IB student means giving up everything else, she says.

But the program does require total commitment, she says. Its higher-level classes expect more from students, not to mention the required 4,000-word research essay (by way of comparison, this story is roughly 2,000 words).

“There are external requirements you cannot do within school hours. Students have to be motivated and engaged in the process,” Ritchie says. “They will be giving up nights and weekends when their friends are out doing the things they want to do, and they have to be OK with that, ultimately.

“Anybody can do it, but not everybody will.”

Now that IB has made its way to Long, Lee and Lipscomb, within a few years, Woodrow will begin to welcome students who became familiar with IB in elementary school, immersed themselves deeper in middle school, and arrive at high school truly understanding what IB is.

“Hopefully they will see IB as a viable option and not something scary that they don’t want to tackle because they will already be in the mindset of what we’re doing here — developing your voice, thinking critically about what you’re being told, what you’re being read,” Ritchie says.

This could increase the number of Woodrow IB students who attended Long. Ritchie’s goal, however, is not to stuff as many students as she can into the IB box, but to locate each and every student who already fits.

“The kids who genuinely need to be in this program will find us,” she says, “and we will find them.”

New In The Neighborhood

The Minyard Sun Fresh Market on Mockingbird-Abrams closed up shop this month. The neighborhood location, along with six others in Dallas, was bought by the San Antonio based H-E-B. Minyard moved into the Mockingbird spot after buying up the former Albertsons in late 2014. Minyard has been a mainstay in Lakewood. For many years the grocery store was stationed where Lakewood Whole Foods is now, at Abrams and Richmond. That store closed in 2007.

ing aromatherapy and candles, jewelry and decor items that were collected from around the world by owner Eddie Bicker. The location previously housed Unleashed by Petco, which vacated the space in January citing poor visibility in the Lakewood Shopping Center.

The Grove apartments on Easton near Garland Road have been there since the late 1960s and received an overhaul last year, when they were purchased by Keller Springs-based S2 Capital, owner of several Dallas complexes. To match its new look, the property received a new name, The Zeke, reportedly after the Dallas Cowboys’ new running back, Ezekiel Elliot. Elliot is under investigation right now, accused of domestic abuse. He denies all charges; Cowboys tell reporters that they back their rookie.