[6] The New Salem district ordered the Judson School, which had 18 students, closed in 1976.
Officials of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction argued that the school was in a bad facility condition and should not continue to operate.
[7] In 1981 the North Dakota Supreme Court was deliberating whether the district and the Mandan School District could receive funds from coal impact money from the state, with the definition of a "tipple" being a determining factor.
[10] In 2008 the Sims district merged into New Salem,[11] and its remaining elementary school closed; in Fall 2008 the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction listed Almont Elementary as being "nonoperating".
[13] The district had a school bond vote scheduled for October 1, 2019 as the district wanted to expand the elementary school, including having a special education unit in six new rooms.