When Keller ISD’s board of trustees first brought up the idea of splitting the district in two, they talked up the serious financial constraints Keller ISD faced. Board Vice-President John Birt even said that if parents didn’t support the district split,

The city of Fort Worth formally urged Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to clarify the legal requirements for detaching a new school district from an existing one, emphasizing that an election must be held regardless of how the process is initiated.