Joplin R-8 superintendent featured on Osgood Files

The Joplin R-8 School District's efforts to recover from the May 22 tornado were featured on CBS Radio's The Osgood Files:

In Joplin, even though entire neighborhoods - including schools - were destroyed, kids will soon be back in class.


SOT - C.J. Huff, Joplin Schools Superintendent

"We lost seven children, and one educator - but today, we celebrate that we are all together again..." (:08)

School Superintendent C.J. Huff told teachers that their classrooms may be gone, but they're still very much on the payroll...

SOT - C.J. Huff

"We need you now more than ever. It may seem chaotic - and you may find classes meeting in locations you hadn't expected - but we will have school." (:08)

There's no instruction manual for how you rebuild a community - you just do it...

SOT - C.J. Huff

"Our soldiers don't choose the battles they fight - they suit up and do their jobs." (:05)