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005. Organization

The school directors shall meet and organize annually during the first week in December. Notice of the time and place of the organization meeting shall be given to all members of the Board by mail at least five (5) days before the proposed meeting by the Secretary of the Board. The organization meeting shall be a regular meeting.

The organization meeting shall be called to order by the senior member in point of service whose term did not expire during the month of the organizational meeting. If it becomes necessary, a temporary President shall be elected from the holdover members, and the Secretary of the Board shall act as secretary of such meeting. In odd-numbered years, the certificates of election or appointment of all new school directors shall be read, and a list of the legally elected or appointed and qualified school directors shall be prepared by the Secretary of the Board. The temporary president shall administer the oath or affirmation of office to such school directors as have not previously taken and subscribed the same.

Election of officers shall be by a majority of those present and voting. Where no such majority is achieved on the first ballot, a second ballot shall be cast for the two (2) candidates who received the greatest number of votes.

1. The school directors shall annually, during the first week in December, elect from their members a new president and vice-president who shall serve for one (1) year.
2. The school directors shall annually, during the month of May, elect a treasurer who shall serve for one (1) year beginning the first day of July after such election. The Treasurer may be a corporation duly qualified and legally authorized to transact a fiduciary business in the Commonwealth; and s/he may be a member of the Board. The school Treasurer shall not enter upon his/her duties s/he has furnished bond in accordance with law and with the approval of the Board. The school Treasurer shall be compensated in such a manner and at a rate as they Board shall determine.
3. The school directors shall, during the month of May in every fourth year, elect a Secretary who shall serve a term of four (4) years beginning the first day of July following such election. Vacancies in any office shall be filled by 11/08/2006ted officers shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. The same school director may not hold more than one (1) office on the Board. No commissioned officer or professional employee of the Board shall serve, temporarily or permanently, as an officer of the Board. Officers of the Board may be removed from office for incompetence, intemperance, neglect of duty, violation of the school laws of the Commonwealth, or other improper conduct, provided that the officer charged shall have been given due notice of the reasons therefore and an opportunity for a hearing and provided that said removal has been approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the full number of school directors.
   

The Board shall appoint:

1. A tax collector, where a tax collector is not elected to collect taxes, where there is a vacancy, or where an elected tax collector refuses to qualify.
2. School physician(s).
3. School dentist(s).
4. District solicitor.
5. An independent auditor.
6. Delegates to a State convention or association of school directors.
7. Such other assistants, clerks, and employees as the Board deems proper.

Appointees of the Board may be removed from office for in competency, intemperance, neglect of duty, violation of the school laws of the Commonwealth or other improper conduct, provided that the officer charged shall have been give due notice of the reasons therefore and an opportunity for a hearing and provided that said removal has been approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the full number of school directors.

The Board may at the next organization meeting but shall prior to July 1 next following:

1. Designate a depository for school finds.
2. Designate a newspaper(s) of general circulation as defined in accordance with law.
3. Designate a normal day, place and time for regular meetings.
4. Designate a normal day, place and time for open committee meetings.
5. Designate a normal day, place and time for executive sessions of the Board.
   

Committees of school directors shall, when specifically charged to do so by the Board, conduct studies, make recommendations to the Board and act in an advisory capacity but shall not take action on behalf of the Board.

The President may appoint at the organization meeting, or as soon after the organization meeting as practicable, members of the Board to the following standing committee where they shall serve a term of one (1) year.

Meet and Discuss, Policy, and Property and General Services.

Ad hoc committees may be created, charged and assigned a fixed termination date, which may be extended from time to time by the President.