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People magazine named C.J. Huff one of its six 'Heroes Among Us' in 2011.
Joplin school enrollment dropped 6.5 percent in the first year after the 2011 tornado.
Someone used duct tape to add the letters 'H' and 'E' to the damaged Joplin High School sign, making it spell 'HOPE'.
The tornado left only the letters 'O' and 'P' on the Joplin High School sign.
Former school counselor Tracy Clements stated that FEMA employees positively compared Joplin's disaster response to that of New Orleans.
C.J. Huff promised the Joplin community "We will rebuild better than before" in an open letter.
Superintendent C.J. Huff hired nine new trauma counselors who then established a "weather school" featuring presentations by meteorologists.
When C.J. Huff became superintendent, the Joplin school district had one of the lowest high school graduation rates in Missouri.
About 65% of Joplin students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch at the time of the tornado.
C.J. Huff sent over 50 Joplin administrators and teachers to visit institutions nationwide, including Apple's campus, for rebuilding inspiration.
C.J. Huff was 41 years old in 2011.
The United Arab Emirates donated $1 million to buy a laptop for every child in Joplin schools.
C.J. Huff negotiated the use of a closed big-box store in a shopping mall as a temporary high school.
East Middle School was temporarily relocated to an industrial building on Joplin's edge that had no windows and a gravel floor.
Barry Manilow donated over $300,000 in instruments to Joplin's school music programs.
The Joplin school district's wrestling team held meetings in a fireworks store that was empty after the Fourth of July.
A FEMA official warned C.J. Huff to expect the loss of at least one-third of Joplin's student population due to displacement.
Sachetta, now Joplin's superintendent, recalled that staff searched for missing students for a full week after the tornado.
A Department of Education administrator warned there could be up to 150 student suicides in Joplin after the tornado.
Tests confirmed the presence of asbestos in the ruined school buildings after the tornado.