 As a result, on July 1, 2004, the Delaplaine School District was consolidated with the GCT district.Delaplaine High School and Delaplaine Elementary School initially remained open under the jurisdiction of the GCT district, to serve students in the former Delaplaine district area, however, they were later closed in 2007.Delaplaine mayor Larry Myrick stated that the community lost children with families after the school stopped operations.