The whole grade-sharing relationship continued among Buffalo Center-Rake, Thompson, and Titonka, with the agreement to last for three years.
Meanwhile, the Titonka school district began whole-grade sharing with Woden-Crystal Lake.
Despite the failure, the Buffalo Center–Rake–Lakota and Thompson districts continued grade-sharing for the 1995–1996 school year.
In November 1995, the second merger referendum for Buffalo Center–Rake–Lakota and Thompson occurred;[2] this one succeeded.
On July 1, 1996, it finally merged with Buffalo Center–Rake–Lakota, to become the North Iowa Community School District.