The Board of Education shall consist of seven members elected
from the School District at large, at the times and in the manner
in this Charter provided, and who shall serve a term of four years.
The terms of all members shall commence on the first Tuesday
following such election and each member shall serve until the member’s
successor is elected and qualified. Any ties in voting shall be settled
by the casting of lots.
(Amended at General Municipal Election, November 3, 1992, certified by Res. No. 8503CCS)
No person shall be eligible to hold office as a member of the
Board of Education unless that person shall have been a qualified
elector of the School District.
(Amended at General Municipal Election, November 3, 1992, certified by Res. No. 8503CCS)
Members of the Board of Education shall receive no compensation
for their services as such.
A vacancy in the Board of Education from whatever cause arising
shall be filled by appointment by the Board of Education, such appointee
to hold office until the first Tuesday following the next general
municipal election, and until the appointee’s successor is elected
and qualified. At the next general municipal election following any
vacancy, a new member shall be elected to serve for the remaining
period of any unexpired term.
If a member of the Board of Education is absent from all regular
meetings of the Board for a period of sixty days, consecutively, from
and after the last regular Board meeting attended by such member,
unless by permission of the Board expressed in its official minutes,
or is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, or ceases to
be an elector of the School District, that member’s office shall
become vacant and shall be so declared by the Board of Education.
(Amended at General Municipal Election, November 3, 1992, certified by Res. No. 8503CCS)
On the first Tuesday following any election at which a Board
member is elected, the Board shall meet and elect one of its members
as the presiding officer to serve at the pleasure of the Board.
If Section 1400 of the City Charter is amended to change the
date of the General Municipal Election from the second Tuesday in
April of odd numbered years to the first Tuesday following the first
Monday in November of even numbered years, such change shall be applicable
to the election of members of the Board of Education under this Charter.
In the event such change becomes effective, for those elected
members of the Board of Education whose terms are scheduled to expire
in April 1985, those terms shall expire in November 1984. For those
elected officers whose terms are scheduled to expire in April 1987,
those terms shall expire in November 1986. The terms of the officers
elected in November of even numbered years shall begin on the first
Tuesday following their election.
(Adopted at Special Municipal Election, 6/5/84; Res. No. 6872CCS, adopted 6/26/84)
