Reading Announces School Committee Openings

From the Town of Reading:

One vacancy exists on the School Committee. The powers of the School Committee include but are not limited to appointment of the Superintendent of Schools and all other officers and employees associated with the schools; and the School Committee shall make all reasonable rules and regulations consistent with law for the administration and management of the schools of the Town.

Interested applicants may apply at the Town Clerk's office, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts by 12 noon on November 23, 2016. Although the term for this position expires April 2019, the appointment that will be made by a joint meeting of the School Committee and Board of Selectmen will have a term expiring on Election Day April 4, 2017.

School Committee

Term: Three years

Appointing Authority: Elected

Number of Members: Six Members whose terms are so arranged that two terms shall expire each year

Meetings: Twice a month on the first and third Mondays (Board meets every 'Monday during budget preparation time)

Authority: Reading Charter-Adopted March 24, 1986

Purpose: The School Committee shall have all of the powers and duties that School Committees are given under the Constitution and General Laws of the Commonwealth, and such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the Charter, by Bylaw or by other Town Meeting vote. The powers
of the School Committee shall include but need not be limited to the following:

• (a) The School Committee shall appoint a Superintendent of Schools and all other officers and employees associated with the schools, fix their compensation, defihe their duties, make rules concerning their tenure of office and may discharge
• (b) The School Committee shall make all reasonable rules and regulations consistent with law for the administration and management of the public schools of the Town.

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