No person elected as a School Committee member shall hold any
other City office or City employment for which a salary or other emolument
is payable from the City treasury. No former member of the School
Committee shall hold any compensated appointed City office or City
employment until one year following the date on which such member's
service on the School Committee has terminated. This provision shall
not prevent a City officer or other City employee who has taken a
leave of absence in order to serve as a member of the School Committee
from returning to the same office or other position of City employment
held at the time such leave of absence commenced; provided, however,
no such person shall be eligible for any other municipal position
until at least one year following the termination of service as a
member of the School Committee.
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:
(a) 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 and
upon the recommendation of said Superintendent.
(b) 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.
(c) To adopt and to oversee the administration of an annual operating
budget for the School Department, subject to appropriation by the
City Council.
Filling of vacancies by School Committee. Whenever a vacancy
shall occur in the office of School Committee member, the vacancy
shall be filled by the remaining members of the School Committee.
Persons elected to fill a vacancy by the School Committee shall serve
only until the next regular election at which time the vacancy shall
be filled by the voters and the person chosen to fill such vacancy
shall forthwith be sworn and shall serve for the remainder of the
unexpired term of the vacated seat. Persons serving as School Committee
members under this section shall not be entitled to have the words
"candidate for re-election" printed against their names on the election
ballot. In the event of an impasse, the president of the City Council
shall have a vote.