[6] A former teacher at Farragut High, Pat Shipley, stated in an article in NEA Today that the Farragut and Hamburg communities had difficulty adjusting to the consolidated school since they were about 20 miles (32 km) apart, even though the students themselves adjusted.
In 2015 the grade-sharing arrangement was changed in which all levels of secondary students, middle and high, went to Farragut, and therefore, Nishnabotna.
[7] There was a vote to legally consolidate the Farragut and Hamburg school districts into a single Nishnabotna Community School District, but the Hamburg residents voted it down on a 271-264 basis, while Farragut residents had approved on a 371-32 basis.
Nishnabotna High students made a protest to criticize the decision from the Hamburg side.
[8] In 2015 the Iowa state government agreed to shut down the Farragut district, and therefore Nishnabotna High, effective 2016.