School Committee Meeting Guidelines

Meetings of the School Committee

The School Committee consists of the Mayor and six members who are elected at large by the citizens of Haverhill for a term of four years. In accordance with the City Charter, the Mayor serves as the Ex-Officio Chairperson and the School Committee annually elects a president who presides in the absence of the Mayor. The Committee is a deliberative, policy-making body. Policies are executed and the System administered through professional personnel employed by the Committee.

Regular meetings of the School Committee are held at 7:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in the Council Chambers, 4 Summer Street in Haverhill. Citizens of Haverhill are encouraged to submit items through the Superintendent of Schools. Items intended for a meeting agenda, should be submitted to the Superintendent of Schools no later than the Friday of the week before the Committee meeting is held.