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The best lead and zinc ore in the Joplin region was depleted within a few decades.

Joplin became a boomtown at the turn of the 20th century due to the discovery of lead and zinc.

In 2011, C.J. Huff had received no training on post-disaster school operations.

State officials redesigned the New Orleans public education system to be based on charter schools.

In 2006 congressional testimony, New Orleans acting superintendent Robin Jarvis called Hurricane Katrina an opportunity to redesign the city's school system.

The US lacks centralized federal guidance for school administrators on post-disaster issues like reopening timelines and rebuilding, a situation largely unchanged since 2011.

David Abramson stated that leaders should 'prioritize kids' after natural disasters.

Officials raced to reopen schools in Grand Forks, ND, after a 1997 flood and in Florida during the 2004 hurricane season.

In 2010, social scientist David Abramson released a study titled 'Children as Bellwethers of Recovery'.

Dade County superintendent Octavio J. Visiedo told education researchers that opening the schools brought the community back together after Hurricane Andrew.

David Abramson's study argued, using post-Katrina data, that children's mental health reflects the performance of surrounding systems like government and schools.

In the years following the 2011 tornado, the Joplin school district experienced minimal enrollment loss and improved its educational outcomes.

In 1992, after Hurricane Andrew, leaders in Dade County, Florida, prioritized rapidly reopening schools.

C.J. Huff's job is to deploy to disaster-stricken school districts to share lessons from restoring Joplin's schools.

C.J. Huff was hired in 2017 by the Department of Health and Human Services to advise on disaster relief for schools.

A Brown University study estimates 25% of US public schools are in areas with 'very high risk' of a climate-related disaster.

One week after the 2011 tornado, Superintendent C.J. Huff declared that school would start on time in August.

The 2011 Joplin tornado destroyed six schools that served over half of the district's 7,911 students.

The 2011 Joplin tornado was on the ground for about 30 minutes.

Three additional elementary schools and an administrative building in Joplin sustained damage from the 2011 tornado.