Audio from interviews with Byron teachers and Superintendent Barton. “For years and years and years, it s always, ‘Oh, the plant is going to close,’” McGarry said. “I mean, it seems like in more recent years, it s been more regularly stated that the plant is going to close, and then as soon as that announcement is made, another announcement comes out that they re having their best year ever.”
McGarry, a second grade teacher at Mary Morgan Elementary, is also the union president of the local teacher’s union, the Byron Education Association (BEA). She said she started getting the usual worried calls and thought to herself, “We ve been here before, we ve heard this before.” So the latest announcement barely even caught her attention.
Audio From Interviews with Byron Teachers and Superintendent Barton.
“For years and years and years, it s always, ‘Oh, the plant is going to close,’” McGarry said. “I mean, it seems like in more recent years, it s been more regularly stated that the plant is going to close, and then as soon as that announcement is made, another announcement comes out that they re having their best year ever.”
McGarry, a second grade teacher at Mary Morgan Elementary, is also the union president of the local teacher’s union, the Byron Education Association (BEA). She said she started getting the usual worried calls and thought to herself, “We ve been here before, we ve heard this before.” So the latest announcement barely even caught her attention.