[15] Because the Montague Township students graduated from Port Jervis High, they qualified for in-state tuition rates at universities in two states.
[16] In 2013, the Montague district decided to begin sending its students to High Point Regional,[15] effective September 2014.
[21] Eric Obernauer of the New Jersey Herald wrote that the move to High Point "was controversial and followed by the successive turnover of the entire Montague board over the next two years".
[22] The Montague district began seeking to annul the relationship with High Point Regional and resume sending students to Port Jervis.
In February 2018 all seven members of the Montague board approved a symbolic resolution to not renew its ties with High Point.
The High Point district sought to block this request on the grounds it and its students would be financially impacted.
[25] Obernauer stated that while Montague School District switching to another school district in New Jersey was "conceivable", "it is questionable if a future [New Jersey] education commissioner would ever agree to have Montague return to sending students out of state to Port Jervis" and that "Even without a formal agreement in place, getting out of send-receive relationships in New Jersey is notoriously difficult and typically requires that the separation have no adverse impact on either district.
The district had a planned expansion, approved by 4–2 by the school board and scheduled to be put up for a public vote on September 30, 2014.