Goodman Elementary School Students Scattered Around District

We wanted to keep students in the district, to simplify meals, technology-sharing, and transportation. Students has fallen right into stride, as if nothing is different. They’ve been wonderful.

Meagan Spangler

District Public Affairs Officer

The 320 students from Goodman Elementary School have been relocated to buildings throughout the Neosho School District in the wake of the tornado that destroyed the school.

Pre-K and after-school programs are held at Choice Puppies in Goodman.

Kindergarteners have been relocated to South Elementary School.

First-, second- and third-graders are being instructed in the wrestling facility at the Neosho School District’s central office.

And fourth-graders are at Carver Elementary School.

Bus routes have changed minimally. Students who previously walked to Goodman Elementary are now shuttled from Choice Puppies to their respective schools.

“We wanted to keep students in the district, to simplify meals, technology-sharing and transportation,” said Meagan Spangler, District Public Affairs Officer. “Students have fallen right into stride, as if nothing is different. They’ve been wonderful.”

Spangler says the elementary school in Goodman is “an almost total loss” but that insurance agents and engineers are still reviewing the destruction. Regardless of if the building is leveled or rebuilt, Spangler says there will be a school in Goodman.