C. J. Huff to R-8 Board: We will start (high) school on time

It worked once and ended up earning C. J. Huff $8,000 a speech through the Washington Speakers Bureau, so why not try it again.

Huff, who famously declared two days after the May 22, 2011, that Joplin would have school, famously declared earlier tonight that, despite all of those pesky rumors and talk of mounting cost overruns, Joplin High School will open in time for the beginning for the 2014-2015 school year.