Another dormitory along with a cafeteria expansion, new employee housing and apartments in converted older school buildings, a multipurpose room, and four classrooms were built or established in 1961.
[4] Previously a charitable program from Children Incorporated served 47 students and gave them school supplies and clothes, but after a woman embezzled money from the operation, the charity ended its service at Kaibeto School by 2013.
[5] The school board voted to fire Newell-Yazzie on two occasions that the BIE overturned because the agency felt it lacked documentation.
After the second attempt the board met the same day at the Kaibeto Chapter House and voted to fire her a third time.
[4] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona, Kaibeto Boarding stopped in-person classes and several employees tested positive for COVID.