After 35 years of service to the Evansville School District, Marguerite Johnson, math instructor, has announced her retirement effective in August 2006.
You EHS grads that are on the blog can go on the comment line if you wish to tell one of the many Mrs. Johnson stories. I just know that when both girls went off to college, in the first month we got a frenzied call asking us to rummage through their storage chest to find "Mrs. Johnson's calculus notes." Most calculus classes in major universities are taught with TA's who don't have a clue, and Mrs. Johnson's notes have been the savior for generations of EHS grads.
Mrs. Johnson has a passion for math that has inspired decades of students at EHS. She has also had an independent spirit that has never failed to speak up for math instruction. I remember during the 4 period day controversy when many were afraid of expressing dissent, she rose to cite the damage that the 4 period day had done nationally to math instruction and test scores.
The Observer salutes Mrs. Johnson on her 35 years of teaching. I still would like to see her publish a little book of notes....maybe "The secrets of calculus."
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