[2] It served Picher, Cardin, and Hockerville, places now in the Tar Creek Superfund.
[3] Before 2005, when the state began sponsoring entities buying out houses in the district due to unsafe conditions, the district had 350 students.
By 2005 it no longer served various lower grades because the buyout specifically targeted families with children enrolled in kindergarten and first grade.
In February 2007 there was an effort to end operations of the school district but this did not yet happen.
On April 7, 2009, voters voted to abolish the district with 55 in favor and six against.