The Milwaukee Board of School Directors as established by law consists of nine
members: one member elected at large, and eight members elected from numbered
districts as determined by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors. The regular term
of each member is four years and until their successors have been elected and
qualified.
Legally, school boards are agents of the state, created by the legislature and
selected by the electors of the local school district to represent and act for the
state in providing the district with educational programs and facilities. The
Milwaukee Board of School Directors is the policy making body for the school system,
serving within the framework provided by law, the will of the local citizenry, and
the ethics of the education profession.
