2,200 students returned to school today in classrooms that did not exist after the May tornado. Thanks to FEMA for covering 75% of the expense. They had about 2 actual months to do what usually takes 3 years.
Paul in PA
It will be 2014 before they move into a new high school. They have created some nice "temporary" facilities.
"After the May 22 tornado, officials decided the next school year would begin on time and moved quickly to make it happen. The new Joplin High School occupies what had been a vacant department store at the mall, next to Macy's. One of the middle schools, also destroyed, has moved to a converted warehouse.
Thanks to a $500,000 donation from the embassy of the United Arab Emirates, every high school student will have a new laptop, a move that inspired a great wave of thanks — as well as a bit of head-scratching: We got a donation from where?"
