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.