Communities in its boundary include Thoreau, Continental Divide, Prewitt, and Smith Lake.
[1] In 1964 the Navajo Tribal Council's advisory committee voted to allow for fewer than 80 acres (32 hectares) of land in Thoreau for the school district so it could establish Thoreau High School there; the tribe would get the land back the moment the land is not used for education purposes.
Previously area Native Americans attended boarding schools elsewhere.
[5] The GMCS board of trustees began to quarrel with the architectural form, Kruger, Lake, and Henderson, because the federal government had delayed approving the architectural plans for the school on the basis of ensuring the school had enough sources of water.
[4] The field used for American football games was spearheaded by the school's booster club, and members of the local community built it.