[6] Jeffs did not order the fundamentalist church members who made up the majority of the school district's administrators to quit their positions.

[9][7][10] The state government appointed an observer as all FLDS members of the Colorado City Board of Education left their posts.

In October 2010, the Colorado City school board voted to make El Capitan a full member of the AIA.

[13] In 2013, the expanding district bought three buildings, one of which it was already leasing, for $430,000 from a Utah-run community trust that controls $100 million in formerly FLDS-owned homes and property.

The growth of the school district is largely attributed to a recovering economy and hundreds leaving the FLDS church.