§ 7.01. School board and superintendent of schools.
The city shall provide for public education through a city school board, a superintendent of schools, and the employees thereof. The school board and the superintendent of schools shall exercise all the powers conferred and perform all the duties imposed upon them by general law. The school board shall be composed of seven members who shall be elected for terms of four years in the manner prescribed by applicable law. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner provided in § 3.02 for the filling of vacancies of city council members, with interim appointments to be made by a majority vote of the remaining members of the school board. The school board shall appoint a school superintendent who shall be chosen solely on the basis of his or her professional qualifications.