On November 5, 1964, voters approved the creation of the
Delaware Metropolitan School District, as Del-Com was originally was known as. By 1966 there had been several legal disputes involving township trustees trying to instead have the schools under the control of the trustees. In 1968, voters in Delaware, Hamilton, Niles, and Union townships voted in favor of merging the Delaware school district and the School Town of Albany. For the time being, Albany High School continued to operate and district students could choose which high school to attend (either Delta High or Albany High). In 1968, a group of researchers at
Ball State University presented a plan to rebuild the schools of this district, with a total cost of $800,000. The Delaware school district received its current name in 1973. Steven Hall was superintendent from circa 2009 until he retired on June 30, 2015. His contract was to end in 2016. Reece Mann began his term as superintendent circa 2015 and was in that role until he resigned in 2021 after he had been diagnosed with cancer. At that time, Greg Kile became acting superintendent. ==Schools and facilities==