The controversial proposal to divide the district along Highway 377, which was presented in January, was met with controversy.

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

Keller ISD officials say they cannot overcome a “major obstacle” in their plan to split the district into two and that there is no viable path forward. In a letter shared Friday, Keller ISD school board president Charles Randklev and interim Superintendent Cory Wilson said fairly distributing the district’s bond debt would require millions in additional funding that the district didn’t have.