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Keystone Oaks board appoints Sunny Raza to vacant seat and administers oath
Summary
At a special reorganization meeting the Keystone Oaks School Board amended the agenda, voted to appoint Sunny Raza to a two-year term for the vacant Castle Shannon seat and administered the oath of office the same night; the vote was recorded after a roll-call and the legal time window for appointment was discussed.
The Keystone Oaks School Board voted to appoint Sunny Raza to the district’s vacant board seat and swore the appointee into office at a special reorganization meeting.
The board first amended the agenda to add a voting item to fill the vacancy and then approved the appointment by roll call. A committee member summarized the motion as: "This is to appoint mister Raza to a 2 year term for the vacant school board position." The vote was recorded as six "yes" votes with at least one abstention; a board member noted one district seat remained vacant earlier in the meeting for Castle Shannon.
Board attorney guidance and member discussion clarified the timeline under the Pennsylvania School Code: the board generally has 30 days from official notice of a vacancy to appoint someone, and the person appointed tonight would serve the remainder of the current cycle until the seat is next up for election. The superintendent and other members discussed timing and confirmed the appointment occurred within the statutory window.
After the board vote, the district administered the oath of office to Sunny Raza and welcomed the new member. The board then moved on to the remainder of a short reorganization agenda and adjourned later in the meeting.
