Leader of schools says donations aren't enough to rebuild

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Joplin students return to makeshift schools

Students in a cadet teaching class carry donated school supplies to a classroom on the first day of school at a temporary high school in a converted big-box store in Joplin, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. School started on time in the district nearly three months after an EF-5 tornado destroyed six schools and damaged four others along with killing 160 people and devastating a third of the city. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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JOPLIN, MO. • Some Joplin residents say the school district's request for a $62 million bond issue this spring has raised questions about millions of dollars in donations received after five schools were destroyed and several others damaged in last May's devastating tornado.

Superintendent C.J. Huff says that while the district appreciates all the donations it has received, there is not nearly enough to rebuild the 600,000 square feet of educational space lost.

Residents will vote April 3 on the bond issue.

Posted in Metro on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:00 am Updated: 7:35 pm. | Tags:

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