Freshmen and sophomores are in a building across town

Aug. 18, 2011 - PRLog -- The school system was hit especially hard by the May 22 tornado. Seven students and one employee were among the victims. One student was a senior who was pulled from his car by the wind on his way home from the Joplin High graduation ceremony. Five other school buildings were destroyed, in addition to the high school. Seven were badly damaged.

District leaders quickly realized that the schools could play a huge role in Joplin's recovery, for reasons symbolic as much as practical. They expanded the hours and locations of summer school in an effort to give children a reassuring routine -- and their parents the time to deal with insurance agents, contractors and social service agencies.

Seniors and juniors are taking classes in a converted big-box store. Freshmen and sophomores are in a building across town. The new middle school is in an industrial park.Across Joplin, the schools are still a jumble, with books, computer monitors and unassembled furniture littering unfamiliar hallways. But as classes resumed Wednesday, students and teachers welcomed the start of another year as a return to normal -- or what passes for normal in a city that was crippled last spring by the nation's single deadliest tornado in six decades."You can't pretend like nothing happened," said high school English teacher Brenda White. "But everything is so new here. Every single thing that is this school is new and different."

They cobbled together temporary locations for fall classes -- from the old Shopko store at Northpark Mall to a former Missouri Department of Transportation office where the superintendent and other administrators work now. Rival elementary schools combined, and a middle school found space in an industrial park. www.featherhairextensionsus.com
Now after months of cleaning up debris, attending funerals and trying to rebuild shattered lives, it was time to get back to pop quizzes and homework assignments."It's going to take a while to build everything back, but books are a good start," White said while stocking her classrooms with copies of "The Great Gatsby," "The Kite Runner" and other literary standards, past and present.

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