§ 2563. Meetings of board of education. 1. The annual meeting of a board of education shall be held on the second Tuesday in May, at four o'clock in the afternoon, at which meeting the board shall select a president for the ensuing year, except that the annual meeting of the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York shall be held on the first Tuesday in July.

2. Each of such boards shall also fix the day and hour for holding regular board meetings which shall be at least as often as once each month and shall also prescribe a method for calling special meetings of such board.