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Navarro overcomes obstacles to succeed on & off field BY BRANDON ADAM badam@arlingtontimes.com
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MARYSVILLE — Two things brought senior Sebastian Navarro to Marysville-Pilchuck from his hometown of Yakima. His love for soccer and his disdain for drugs. He has been around both most of his life. Drugs were around as far back as he can remember, including some of his friends and part of his family. Soccer was his escape. It was “the Yakima way,” where young kids would turn to drugs and gangs. He is the youngest of three brothers who are still struggling with drug addictions. He even opted for public transit over the school bus because drug dealers at his school would beat him up because his brothers owed them money.
He has a scar below his left eye from a brass knuckle after refusing to partake in drugs. But the scar just reminds him how far he’s come. “Every day I wake up, and I see the scar,” he said. Sebastian, nicknamed SEE NAVARRO, PAGE 10
Sebastian Navarro.
Marysville schools engage families in dialogue BY BRANDON ADAM
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Family partnerships coordinator Mollye Taylor meets members of the district.
MARYSVILLE — Family Engagement Night was held April 28 at the Marysville School District Service Center, where school officials and community members engaged in dialogue about pressing issues, including the recovery of Marysville since the shooting six months ago. The event started by introducing new family partnerships coordinator Mollye Taylor. Dr. Becky Berg, recovery director Dr. Mary Schoenfeldt and legislative representative Pete Lundberg were among the other officials
there. “One of my goals while working for the school board was to get connected to our community, because for so many years, it just seemed like there was no strong connection there,” Lundberg said. “So we had the really great fortune of having Dr. Becky Berg. When it comes to connecting with people, she’s the real deal. “As the board of directors, we’re all here for all the people and all the families,” he added. “And we need to figure out everything that we need to do, to make every person not only connected to the school district, but also successful in the Marysville School District.”
“We need to reflect the values of our families, and we are all on the same team,” Berg said. Berg referenced the community participation of the “Dream Big” event last year, that formulated the new strategic direction goals, “Engage, Inspire and Prepare.” “That’s what we, as a school district and a board of directors, thought we heard from our community,” Berg said. Berg stressed that the objectives are not a formula, but rather, a conversation where directors ask for input for future events. SEE FAMILY, PAGE 2
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Cristian Correa-Avila pals around with teammate Sebastian Navarro during a recent practice.