[Amended 11-3-1992]
There shall be a Board of Education consisting
of nine members elected for terms of four years, in accordance with
§ 9-204b of the Connecticut General Statutes, as the same
may from time to time be amended, which is hereby adopted. The present
members of the Board of Education shall continue in office for the
terms for which they were elected and until their successors are duly
elected and have qualified. In the 1993 municipal election there shall
be elected five for a term of four years. Biennially, thereafter,
commencing in the 1995 municipal election, there shall be alternately
elected four members and then five members who shall hold office for
a term of four years to succeed those whose terms expire.
The Board of Education shall have all the powers,
obligations, rights and duties necessary for the operation, maintenance
and supervision of the Meriden educational system or conferred on
it by the Connecticut General Statutes or special acts of the General
Assembly, except as otherwise provided by or inconsistent with this
Charter or any amendment thereto.