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When C.J. Huff became superintendent, the Joplin school district had one of the lowest high school graduation rates in Missouri.
C.J. Huff sent over 50 Joplin administrators and teachers to visit institutions nationwide, including Apple's campus, for rebuilding inspiration.
About 65% of Joplin students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch at the time of the tornado.
C.J. Huff promised the Joplin community "We will rebuild better than before" in an open letter.
C.J. Huff negotiated the use of a closed big-box store in a shopping mall as a temporary high school.
Barry Manilow donated over $300,000 in instruments to Joplin's school music programs.
The United Arab Emirates donated $1 million to buy a laptop for every child in Joplin schools.
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.
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.
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 FEMA official warned C.J. Huff to expect the loss of at least one-third of Joplin's student population due to displacement.
In 2011, C.J. Huff had received no training on post-disaster school operations.
The US lacks centralized federal guidance for school administrators on post-disaster issues like reopening timelines and rebuilding, a situation largely unchanged since 2011.
Joplin became a boomtown at the turn of the 20th century due to the discovery of lead and zinc.
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 best lead and zinc ore in the Joplin region was depleted within a few decades.