While there are a few Hopi employed as staff at the school, most of the teachers are volunteers. All Kykotsmovi MVSers work or teach at Hopi Mission School. The minimum term of service in the Kykotsmovi unit is one year. However, terms of two to three years are strongly encouraged to help strengthen and support the school structure. The reservation is very rural and quite isolated.
Village stores offer minimal necessities at higher prices than at big-city supermarkets.
The closest fast-food restaurants are more than 50 miles away, but three restaurants on the reservation provide opportunity for the occasional dinner out. The Grand Canyon is only a two-hour drive from Kykotsmovi and Arizona has many national forests, parks and archeaological ruins. Flagstaff, Arizona , pop. 45,000, is the closest large city, about 100 miles away. Phoenix is 250 miles south of Flagstaff.