[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Beverly
as Art. IV of the Code of Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There shall be a School Committee which shall consist of seven members. Six of these members, to be known as "ward School Committee members," shall be nominated and elected by and from the voters of each ward, one such ward School Committee member to be elected from each of the six wards into which the City is divided, in accordance with Charter Section 7-5. The Mayor shall serve as the seventh member of the School Committee. The term of office for all School Committee members shall be for two years each, beginning on the first Monday of January in the year following their election, and until their successors have been qualified.
A.
The School Committee shall have all powers which are conferred on
school committees by general laws and such additional powers and duties
as may be provided by the Charter, by ordinance, or otherwise and
not inconsistent with said grant of powers conferred by general laws.
The powers and duties of the School Committee shall include the following:
(1)
To elect a Superintendent of the Schools who shall be charged with
the day-to-day administration of the school system, subject only to
policy guidelines and directives adopted by the School Committee.
(2)
To make all reasonable rules and regulations for the management of
the public school system and for conducting the business of the School
Committee as may be deemed necessary or desirable.
(3)
To adopt and administer an annual operating budget for the School
Department, subject to appropriation by the City Council.
B.
The School Committee shall have general charge and superintendence
of all school buildings and grounds, shall furnish all school buildings
with proper fixtures, furniture and equipment and shall provide ordinary
maintenance of all school buildings and grounds; provided, however,
the City Council may, by ordinance, provide for the establishment
of a central municipal maintenance department which may include maintenance
of school buildings and grounds. Whenever the School Committee shall
determine that additional classrooms are necessary to meet the educational
needs of the community, at least one member of the School Committee,
or designee of the School Committee, shall serve on the agency, board
or committee to which the planning or construction of such new, remodeled
or renovated school building is delegated. The School Committee shall
have general charge and superintendence of the public schools for
the purpose of educating children in the City. The powers of the School
Committee include: to appoint a Superintendent of Schools, to adopt
an annual operating budget (subject to appropriation by the City Council)
and to make all reasonable rules and regulations, consistent with
law, for the administration and management of the public schools of
the City. The School Committee shall have all the powers and duties
given to school committees by the laws of the Commonwealth, the Charter,
by ordinance or other City Council vote.
A.
City Council. The School Committee and the City Council shall meet
at least once during each calendar year to cooperatively discuss financial
and educational policy matters of the City. The School Committee Chair
and City Council President shall preside over each joint meeting.
B.
Other boards. The School Committee shall interact with any multiple-member
board within the City as necessary so as to ensure furtherance of
the Committee's responsibility to educate the children of the City.
