1965/66/67 session laws – Ch.29 Sec.7

The superintendent of schools shall be ex officio secretary of the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education as provided by G. S. 115-56. The said Board may elect an assistant secretary to serve at the pleasure of the said Board. The assistant secretary may be, but shall not be required to be, a member of said Board. Such assistant secretary may perform the duties of the secretary of the said Board when the secretary is absent from any meeting or for any other reason is unable to perform his duties as secretary. The assistant secretary shall have authority to attest all contracts, conveyances, and other instruments which are required 70 by law to be attested by the secretary. The secretary, or in his absence the assistant secretary, shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the said Board and it shall be the duty of such secretary or assistant secretary to furnish each member of the said Board with a copy of the minutes as soon after any meeting as may be reasonably practicable. In addition to the election of a superintendent of schools in the manner provided by the general law, the said Board may employ such associate superintendents and assistant superintendents and such other administrative officers as it may deem necessary and proper, and prescribe their duties. They may be elected to serve at the pleasure of the Board for such terms as may be fixed by the Board, but the terms of any associate superintendents or assistant superintendents shall not exceed the term for which the superintendent is employed. Except as modified by other provisions of this Act, all principals and teachers shall be elected in the manner prescribed by the general law. The Board may delegate to the superintendent of schools, or to one or more associate superintendents or assistant superintendents or to other administrative officers, authority to employ and prescribe the duties of all other employees or classes of employees, including janitors and maids, and to fix the compensation within such limits as the Board may prescribe and to determine the terms or periods for which they shall be employed. The compensation of administrative officers of the Board shall be fixed by the Board. Out of any local supplement the Board may pay to any employee or employees such compensation, in addition to compensation paid such employee or employees by the State, as it may deem proper.