[1] The district name referred to the municipalities of Irwin, Kirkman, and Manilla.
[3] It was formed on July 1, 1992, by the merger of the Irwin and Manilla school districts.
This arrangement meant that the two districts consolidated their students into each other's schools.
[4] The merger vote, held on Tuesday April 6, 2010, was in favor of consolidation: the vote tallies were 206–26 at the Irwin polling station and 190–20 at the Manilla polling station, while in Manning the tally was 477–20.
[6] During the consolidation process, the IKM and Manning school boards continued to operate while a temporary joint school board was also set up.