Keller’s school board may have abandoned the idea of splitting the district, but they can’t walk away from multiple lawsuits and investigations.

Freshman Averi Johnson, 15, holds a piece of ceiling tile that reads “Stop the split!” as Keller ISD students from Fossil Ridge High School walkout in protest of a proposed district split in Keller on Friday,

Keller ISD has scrapped its district split plan in response to strong resident opposition and the difficulty of equitably distributing existing bond debt, which would have incurred costs of tens of millions of dollars.