By March 2015, the districts agreed to change their grade sharing arrangement in which all elementary school students went to school in Hamburg while all secondary students went to Farragut.
[10] By the end of June that year, the projected budget shortfall for Hamburg was $299,948.17.
Tom Hinrichs, the superintendent of the Farragut district, cited disputes over the school grade configurations.
[12] The State of Iowa forced the Farragut district to close,[14] effective July 1, 2016.
[16] In 2017, the district sold its former high school building for $30,000, with $25,000 for the building and the remainder for a walk-in freezer, to a couple from Plattsmouth, Nebraska, John and Melanie Conner.