Rural community schools and their educational mission have always provided a sort of connectivity for the rural community. This research takes a closer look at the closing of a small rural community school located in a southern Appalachian region and determines its effects upon the teachers, students, and community culture. Although these students have the social capital to succeed and the environment to grow, the school was still closed. It was determined that there were both gains and losses incurred with the closing of this rural Appalachian community school. However, in this qualitative study, the participants all used the same term to describe the effects of the school's closing upon the community as "devastating."