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Betty Riera’s vision for The Grove Academy, extends far beyond traditional classroom walls. With her school garnering a reputation for excellence and innovation in the community, Riera’s vision has now become a reality – and due to a dramatic uptick in enrollment, the school found itself needing to expand to meet unprecedented demand.

By January of this academic year, the newly minted “The Grove Academy” faced a remarkable challenge: enrollment applications for the following year had already grown by 100 percent. “We were basically forced into expanding,” explains Riera, the school’s founder. “Parents were telling us, ‘If you’re expanding, we want our children here next year.’” But sometimes a little push is all it takes.

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