In each school district of the third class (Clairton City School District hereafter to be named Clairton Municipal School District) there shall be a board of nine (9) School Directors. Following the adoption of the Home Rule Charter, these Directors are to be elected by the registered electors of the ward the member is to represent.
All elected members shall serve for a term of four (4) years. The term of office shall begin on the first Monday of December following their election. They shall continue in office until their successors assume the office. The procedure for the filling of vacancies is set forth in Section 315 of the Public School Code of 1949.
School Directors shall have been residents of the ward they represent throughout one (1) year before their election and shall reside therein throughout their term of office. The School Director elected at large shall have been a resident of the municipality for one (1) year before his election and must reside therein during the term of office.
At the municipal election to be held in the year 1989, there shall be elected four (4) School Directors to serve for a term of four (4) years, the aforesaid four (4) Directors to be elected one (1) from each ward. Thereafter, every four (4) years, four (4) School Directors shall be elected for terms of four (4) years, one (1) from each ward.
At the municipal election to be held in the year 1991, there shall be elected five (5) School Directors to serve for a term of four (4) years. Four (4) Directors are to be elected, one (1) from each ward, and one (1) Director shall be elected at large. Thereafter, every four (4) years, five (5) School Directors shall be elected for terms of four (4) years, one (1) from each of the four (4) wards and one (1) at large.
The procedure for nomination and election of School Directors shall be established by the general laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for municipal elections.