Mr.Madden is great teacher who is being forced into retirement so that he wouldn’t be fired. John Marshall High School needs to keep one of our best math teachers, Mr Madden, who teaches Algebra and Calculus. One might inquire why I would yearn for something like this to happen. It's not what I desire. It's what WE the students yearn for. There are an abundance of students out there who are incapable of learning the skills necessary to excel in math. They should not have to feel the suffering of being deprived of education. This is why it's necessary to aid them. This will give many peers a possibility to display their learning abilities. The schoolboard presumes that we, the students, do not desire a teacher like this, but this petition will show them otherwise. Please aid in supporting our cause.