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Garrett Kron, 11, completes a writing test that simulates dyslexia at the Marysville Special Education’s PTSA Family Fun & Info Fair at Cedarcrest Middle School.
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MARYSVILLE — Garrett Kron focused on writing his first name correctly, but the 11-year-old still got a few of the letters backward. Of course, since Garrett was writing in a mirror, as part of a test designed to simulate dyslexia, he actually did quite well, but he does face learning challenges. “I need resources, support and tutoring for a son who’s on the spectrum,” Cathy Kron, Garrett’s
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children such as Garrett require their own programs, to provide communities that meet their social needs. She was encouraged by the brochure she received from the Bellevue-based Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes. Like Kron, Wendi Gregoire has attended the MSEPTSA fairs before. Of Gregoire’s seven children, four have special needs. One has a cleft palate, two have been diagnosed ADHD, and one is developmentally delayed. SEE SPECIAL, PAGE 2
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mom, said as they checked out the booths of 15 groups at the Marysville Special Education’s PTSA Family Fun & Info Fair at Cedarcrest Middle School Oct. 8. Garrett was diagnosed as autistic not long after he turned 2, but Cathy has found it difficult to meet his needs. “He’s high-functioning, so he straddles both worlds,” Kron said. “Rather than programs that are at this end or that end, I’m looking for something that’s more of a middle-ground.” Kron also believes slightly older
MARYSVILLE – Jail Cmdr. Wendy Wade doesn’t know how it happened. Well, she does know, she just has a hard time believing it. The policies are all in place. Jail inmates are supposed to be counted four times a day, and when they are taken to and from different parts of the facility.
Still, an inmate escaped Sept. 22, and it wasn’t noticed until 44 hours later when his attorney came to see him. An internal Vasquez investigation is continuing, but Wade said some changes already have been made. Such as the door where Vasquez
escaped out of is now locked all the time. Wade said she wants to make sure custody officers understand procedures so no interpretation is needed. “It will take the guess work out of it,” Wade said, adding she wants to make sure they are trained correctly. “The jail inmates need to be where they are supposed to be.” SEE ESCAPE, PAGE 2