{"id":34548,"date":"2025-03-28T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/?p=34548"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:38:47","slug":"two-are-better-than-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/two-are-better-than-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Are Better Than One","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Richardson ISD had not one, but <em>two<\/em> student winners in the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.region10.org\/article\/2110316\">Region 10 Spanish Spelling Bee<\/a>! 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