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Three weeks before Joplin won a 2015 award as a “future-ready school district” from the Department of Education, Huff resigned. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Education , Joplin

Simplified: C.J. Huff resigned three weeks before the Joplin school district won a 2015 'future-ready school district' award from the Department of Education.

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3 weeks ago
The temporary and new buildings were funded through insurance, government grants and donations, but Huff also had to ask Joplin residents to approve a $62 million local bond and was forced to borrow m... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Finance , Education , Joplin

Simplified: C.J. Huff asked Joplin residents to approve a $62 million local bond for school rebuilding.

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3 weeks ago
His office started a blog called “Real or Rumor”: “I am happy to report that there is NO $150,000 elephant tusk Italian chandelier in the new high school,” one post read. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Communication , Joplin

Simplified: C.J. Huff's office started a blog called 'Real or Rumor' which included a post denying the existence of a $150,000 chandelier in the new high school.

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3 weeks ago
After a Missouri state audit criticized the district’s dwindling reserves and procedural opacity, residents began confronting him in supermarkets, accusing him of stealing Joplin’s money. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Finance , Joplin

Simplified: A Missouri state audit criticized the Joplin school district's dwindling reserves and procedural opacity.

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3 weeks ago
An online petition demanded his removal; hundreds of signers called him “arrogant,” a “crook” and a “bully.” 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Joplin

Simplified: An online petition demanding C.J. Huff's removal was signed by hundreds of people.

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3 weeks ago
...and the district did not lose a single student to suicide. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Education , Joplin

Simplified: The Joplin school district did not lose any students to suicide in the first year after the 2011 tornado.

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3 weeks ago
Over the course of that first year, school enrollment dropped only 6.5 percent... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Disaster Recovery , Joplin

Simplified: Joplin school enrollment dropped 6.5 percent in the first year after the 2011 tornado.

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3 weeks ago