No later than at the next regular meeting following July 1, the district school board shall meet and organize by electing a chairperson and a vice chairperson from its members. No member shall serve as chairperson for more than four years in succession. [Amended by 1957 c.634 § 2; 1961 c.281 § 3; 1965 c.100 § 134; 1993 c.45 § 38; 2001 c.226 § 1]