Board certifies election results and administers oath to newly elected Franklin Area School directors

The Franklin Area School District board certified recent election results and administered the oath of office to newly elected directors during its organizational meeting. The clerk read a certificate from the county elections officer stating that "Dennis E. Baker, Peggy Hamm, Justin Andy Bolin, and Tracy Leida were duly elected to the office of school director for Franklin Area School District for a four-year term." The reading and oath were performed by the clerk (identified in the transcript as the speaker who read the certification and the oath). "Do solemnly swear that I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this Commonwealth," the clerk recited as directors repeated the oath.

The certification and oath formalize the seating of the newly elected directors and allow the board to proceed with choosing officers and assigning committee memberships for 2026. The board then collected signatures as part of the oath process. The clerk indicated signatures would be gathered after the recitation and administration of the oath.

The actions taken here are ministerial: the county certification was read into the record and the oath administered to the named individuals to confirm their authority to serve. The board moved next to nominate and elect its president and vice president for 2026.