[3] By 1993, the population had declined so much, to 325, that the district decided to close its junior and senior high school divisions and send students to other school districts:[3] Laurens–Marathon, Ruthven-Ayrshire, Sioux Central, and Spencer.
[3] According to Schulz, administrators were, at the time, operating on the presumption that the district would close circa 1996 to 1998.
[5] After 1993 the area population further declined, and increasing numbers of elementary students transferred to other schools.
[4] Schulz had stated that since taxpayers had requested the vote, he expected it to be approved by voters, but even if it had not been, the state would have involuntarily dissolved the school district anyway, with the local education agency (LEA) placing students in new schools.
[4] Webb and the areas south of Gillett Grove were reassigned to Sioux Central.