PHOTO PROVIDED The Keystone Central School District Board of Directors are pictured with Superintendent Dr. Francis Redmon following its reorganizational meeting this week. They are, front row from left, Mary Kramer, Shelby Bohartz and Chris Scaff. Back row, Tom Cannon, Jeff Johnston, Manuel Rodriguez, Redmon, Board President Elisabeth Lynch, Board Vice President John Miller and Dr. Bill Baldino.

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Newly elected Keystone Central School District Board of Directors, from left, John Miller, Shelby Bohartz and Mary Kramer are pictured after being sworn in by District Judge Heidi Wright during the board’s reorganizational meeting on Thursday.

MILL HALL — The Keystone Central School District Board of Directors welcomed three newly elected members at its reorganizational meeting this week and appointed recently reelected board member Elisabeth Lynch to serve as its president for the coming year.

Shelby Bohartz, representing Region V; John Miller, representing Region VII and Mary Kramer, representing Region IX, were all sworn in prior to reorganization by District Judge Heidi Wright on Thursday night. All three were elected to the four-year position during the November General Election.

They join incumbent members Chris Scaff (Region I), Lynch (Region II), Manuel Rodriguez (Region III); Jeff Johnston (Region IV); Dr. Bill Baldino (Region VI); and Tom Cannon (Region VIII).

Superintendent Dr. Francis Redmon thanked Bohartz, Miller and Kramer for their willingness to hold a position on the board.

“I’d like to express my sincere gratitude to the new board members for being willing to step into a very public role, a critical role, in supporting our students, staff and community in your service to the board,” he said.

Following this, Redmon opened the floor for nominations of a Pro-Tem President to conduct the election of the board’s president for the coming year.

Johnston was elected to the role and requested nominations, at which time Bohartz nominated Lynch.

With no other nominations made, a motion to appoint Lynch as president was made by Scaff and seconded by Cannon. Lynch’s appointment was solidified in a 7-2 vote, with Baldino and Kramer voting no.

Breaking from typical tradition, Lynch elected to step away from the position of board president to the Career and Technical Center.

According to Redmon, the school board president and vice president typically take on the same roles for the CTC due to its meetings and decisions being integrated with regular school board business.

Instead, Cannon nominated Scaff for the role and Kramer nominated herself.

Ultimately, Scaff received the appointment after receiving votes from Bohartz, Cannon, Lynch, Miller, Rodriguez and himself. Kramer received votes from herself, Baldino and Johsnton.

For the vice presidency, Miller was the lone candidate nominated for the position by Kramer and was unanimously appointed to the position by the board.

Miller was also nominated to serve as the CTC vice president, beating out Cannon and Kramer.

Other appointments during the reorganization included:

— Lynch as the Pennsylvania School Board Association (PSBA) liaison for the coming year.

— Board Secretary Christine Taylor appointed as the PSBA Liaison’s contact.

— Lynch as the board’s representative for Central Intermediate Unit #10 for the coming year.

The board also approved the meeting schedule for 2026 with one adjustment.

The board will continue to meet the first and second Thursday of each month, including in December — with the first meeting as a work session and second as a voting session.

Typically, only one meeting is held in the final month which is a combined reorganization meeting and voting session.

Scaff motioned to change this to have the reorganization and work session meetings on the first Thursday and a voting session on second Thursday.

The motion was seconded by Miller and approved in a 7-2 vote, with Baldino and Johnston voting no.