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Board fills open seat by coin toss, swears in Karen Zeller

South Lane School District Board of Education · September 8, 2025
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Summary

After two candidates were interviewed and initial ballots produced no majority, the South Lane School District board adopted a coin-toss process to break a 3-3 split; the toss selected Karen Zeller, who was then appointed and sworn in.

The South Lane School District board appointed Karen Zeller to fill the vacant position 3 after a deadlocked vote was resolved by a coin toss.

Board Chair (speaker 1) explained the interview and appointment process for the vacancy and oversaw interviews with two candidates. Karen Zeller (speaker 4) and Tony Leffler (speaker 10) each gave opening statements and answered standardized…

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