a) The control of the public schools of this City shall be vested in the Board of Education, which shall consist of five members; the qualifications and removal of which shall be as prescribed in this Charter.
b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Charter, the members of the Board of Education shall be elected at elections called, held and conducted in accordance with the Education Code of the State of California, and shall hold office for a term of four years as prescribed by law for members of governing boards of unified school districts. (Ratified Spec. Mun. Elec. 11/5/75; Filed with Sec’y of State 1/9/75)

No person shall be eligible to hold office as a member of the Board of Education unless he shall have been a qualified elector of the school district for at least thirty (30) days next preceding the date of his filing of nomination papers. (Ratified Gen. Mun. Elec. 3/2/76, Amend No. 2; Filed with Sec’y of State 4/2/76).

If a member of the Board of Education absents himself from all regular meetings of the Board for a period of sixty (60) days, consecutively, from and after the last regular board meeting attended by such member, unless by permission of the Board expressed in its official minutes, or is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, or ceases to be an elector of the school district, his office shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the Board of Education.