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Dade County superintendent Octavio J. Visiedo told education researchers that opening the schools brought the community back together after Hurricane Andrew.
David Abramson stated that leaders should 'prioritize kids' after natural disasters.
In 2010, social scientist David Abramson released a study titled 'Children as Bellwethers of Recovery'.
David Abramson's study argued, using post-Katrina data, that children's mental health reflects the performance of surrounding systems like government and schools.
Officials raced to reopen schools in Grand Forks, ND, after a 1997 flood and in Florida during the 2004 hurricane season.
C.J. Huff was hired in 2017 by the Department of Health and Human Services to advise on disaster relief for schools.
In the years following the 2011 tornado, the Joplin school district experienced minimal enrollment loss and improved its educational outcomes.
C.J. Huff's job is to deploy to disaster-stricken school districts to share lessons from restoring Joplin's schools.
A Brown University study estimates 25% of US public schools are in areas with 'very high risk' of a climate-related disaster.
In 1992, after Hurricane Andrew, leaders in Dade County, Florida, prioritized rapidly reopening schools.
The 2011 Joplin tornado destroyed six schools that served over half of the district's 7,911 students.
More than 100 students were injured in the 2011 Joplin tornado.
One week after the 2011 tornado, Superintendent C.J. Huff declared that school would start on time in August.
Three additional elementary schools and an administrative building in Joplin sustained damage from the 2011 tornado.
The 2011 Joplin tornado was on the ground for about 30 minutes.
The 2011 Joplin tornado killed seven students.
Joplin was a city of 50,000 people when the tornado struck in 2011.
The weather in Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011 was bright and cloudless before the tornado.
The 2011 Joplin tornado was a rain-wrapped wedge that grew to one mile in width.
The 2011 Joplin tornado destroyed 500 businesses and nearly 7,500 houses, which was over one-third of the city's housing stock.