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C.J. Huff was 41 years old in 2011.
East Middle School was temporarily relocated to an industrial building on Joplin's edge that had no windows and a gravel floor.
The United Arab Emirates donated $1 million to buy a laptop for every child in Joplin schools.
Barry Manilow donated over $300,000 in instruments to Joplin's school music programs.
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.
The Joplin school district's wrestling team held meetings in a fireworks store that was empty after the Fourth of July.
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.
The best lead and zinc ore in the Joplin region was depleted within a few decades.
In 2006 congressional testimony, New Orleans acting superintendent Robin Jarvis called Hurricane Katrina an opportunity to redesign the city's school system.
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.
The US lacks centralized federal guidance for school administrators on post-disaster issues like reopening timelines and rebuilding, a situation largely unchanged since 2011.
In 2010, social scientist David Abramson released a study titled 'Children as Bellwethers of Recovery'.
Officials raced to reopen schools in Grand Forks, ND, after a 1997 flood and in Florida during the 2004 hurricane season.
David Abramson's study argued, using post-Katrina data, that children's mental health reflects the performance of surrounding systems like government and schools.
David Abramson stated that leaders should 'prioritize kids' after natural disasters.
Dade County superintendent Octavio J. Visiedo told education researchers that opening the schools brought the community back together after Hurricane Andrew.