KELLER, Texas — A North Texas school district will allow students to paint their purchased parking spots in support of former President Donald Trump, reversing an earlier decision, the Dallas Morning News reports.

What You Need To Know

  • Keller Independent School District in North Texas is allowing students to paint their purchased parking spots in support of former President Donald Trump

  • The move reverses an earlier decision. Two students were instructed to paint over their decorated spots 

  • The reversal came after officials, including the Keller ISD board president and the mayor of Keller, supported the students in social media posts 

  • Seniors in Keller ISD can pay about $200 for a reserved parking spot, which they are allowed to paint

Seniors in Keller Independent School District can pay about $200 for a reserved parking spot, which they may paint. A couple of students were asked to paint over their pro-Trump designs last week.

The district said the spots were a potential distraction, the Dallas Morning News said.

That didn’t sit well with Charles Randklev, Keller ISD board president, who expressed his support for the students in a Facebook post.

“Let me be clear. There is nothing offensive or controversial about respectfully painting or honoring a current or former President for the United States of America,” Randklev wrote. “We will take action and make it clear that the students can honor President Trump as the 45th, and soon-to-be 47th President of the United States, as they wish.”

Keller Mayor Armin Mizan supported the students as well, calling for the district to allow the decorations in a post on Facebook.

“If we have the images of several former Presidents on U.S. currency, then surely the image of a President at a parking spot should be allowed,” Mizan wrote. “I trust that Keller ISD leadership will correct the situation.”

It’s uncertain what specifically prompted the district’s about-face on the issue.

One student painted Trump in American flag-themed sunglasses and a bandana, and the other painted “45/47,” referencing that Trump was the 45th president and has the potential to be the 47th.