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[rubedugans]

Our thoughts and prayers are still with you all HB. I know we are quite fortunate with our school, it seems we have not enough, I cannot even imagine attempting to start school in this kind of situation when you all truly are not equipped. It hopefully will be somewhat f a return to normalcy for the kids, a time to once again be kids.

[Ozark Outlaw]

I really don't want to begin school.  I have enjoyed my summer of service.  I know teaching is a service, too, but it's just not the same.

Don't get down on your experiences. Teaching is one of the most important services of all. As a teacher, you will be able to instruct, and train young minds on how to become excellent community servants themselves. 

[DianaGail]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsTLKObkJtY&sns=fb

This is a video tour of what is going on at the mall for those in 11th and 12th grade.  It's about 5 minutes in length.  Each student will have their own laptop, apparently MACbooks.  They have found that it is cheaper to do laptops and e-textbooks when you have to replace an entire school than to order each book individually hoping they will be here in time for school.  The technology they are going to be using is amazing!  There will be a weightlifting room and coffee bar. 

[bobber620]

Wow. I tell you what if I was still in school I think I would enjoy going to that school. I heard the guy on the video say that the students thought that it would just be some quickly thrown together plywood walls and I can honestly agree that, that is what I had imagined too, but wow after seeing those concepts I am amazed. I like the whole laptop for each kid and E textbooks. I was talking to a friend and she was complaining about book rental fees in our school district and how the kids rented a book but due to the lack of enough books none of the students actually got to have a book of there own and were not even allowed to remove the books from the school even if they needed it to take it home for homework. Other districs in the area are already doing the laptop thing and all the learning materials are preloaded onto the computer before they get it . Wish they did that when I was growing up. Very nice Video and Joplin and all there are still in my prayers.

[sanddunerider]

thats great!  i hope the kids use all the goodies correctly!

[KBCraig]

Couple of recent news articles about the Joplin aftermath. First, the sad one:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/30/us-tornado-deaths-idUSTRE76T1DT20110730

(Reuters) - Injuries sustained from wood splinters or other materials triggered a rare fungal infection that may have contributed to the deaths of five people in the May 22 tornado in Joplin, Mo., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined.

In all, 13 people contracted the mucormycetes-born illness, the CDC said in a report released Friday. The CDC said it has seen multiple fungal infections of that type after other natural disasters such as hurricanes but never after a tornado.


And now, a more upbeat story about a SoMo gal you might have heard of, helping out:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/26/us-sherylcrow-idUSTRE76P6DV20110726

(Reuters) - Singer and Missouri native Sheryl Crow is auctioning her vintage Mercedes convertible to help rebuild ten schools destroyed or damaged by a deadly May tornado in the town of Joplin.

Crow will have the 1959 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL Roadster put on the auction block in Pebble Beach, California, on August 22. She has owned the car since 2005.

The auction house, Gooding & Company, estimates the car's value at $50,000 to $80,000 but said it could go for much more, given the Crow connection and the good cause.