The opening of three Joplin schools, postponed for at least one day by weather, has been picked up by the national news service Reuters.
The article features quotes from R-8 Superintendent C. J. Huff and City Manager Mark Rohr.
"Milestones are important in the road to recovery and this certainly is a big one for us," said C.J. Huff, superintendent of Joplin schools. "We have worked hard to get to this point."
About 1,450 students, who have been attending classes in temporary buildings since the storm, will move to two new elementary schools - Irving Elementary and Soaring Heights Elementary - as well as to East Middle School, Huff said. The openings were due on Monday, but all Joplin schools will be closed due to cold weather.
Joplin's new high school will open next fall to replace the school demolished in the tornado. The students are now in a former store adjacent to a shopping mall.
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