T. Rob Brown / The Joplin Globe via AP

Conrad Proctor, 7, a second-grader from Joplin, Mo., holds US flags as educators enter MSSU's Taylor Performing Arts Center in Joplin Monday morning, Aug. 15, before a new school year kickoff. Classes begin in Joplin on Wednesday.

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