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At the time of the article's writing, C.J. Huff was 56 years old.
In 2017, C.J. Huff began working for the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct 'landscape assessments' of disaster-stricken school districts.
Following Hurricane Harvey, temporary school buildings in Port Aransas could not open for nearly two months.
The disaster response hub in Texas for Hurricane Harvey held 1,200 experts from various government agencies.
C.J. Huff resigned three weeks before the Joplin school district won a 2015 'future-ready school district' award from the Department of Education.
An online petition demanding C.J. Huff's removal was signed by hundreds of people.
C.J. Huff's office started a blog called 'Real or Rumor' which included a post denying the existence of a $150,000 chandelier in the new high school.
A Missouri state audit criticized the Joplin school district's dwindling reserves and procedural opacity.
C.J. Huff asked Joplin residents to approve a $62 million local bond for school rebuilding.
C.J. Huff gained 40 pounds during the period of public backlash in Joplin.
Former school counselor Tracy Clements stated that FEMA employees positively compared Joplin's disaster response to that of New Orleans.
The tornado left only the letters 'O' and 'P' on the Joplin High School sign.
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.
The Joplin school district did not lose any students to suicide 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'.
Missouri named C.J. Huff its superintendent of the year in 2013.
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.
About 65% of Joplin students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch at the time of the tornado.