Five candidates are elected to the Boston School Committee.
November 2, 1971
They are (in order of finish) incumbents John Kerrigan and Paul Tierney, and newcomers Paul Ellison, James Hennigan Jr., and John McDonough. Tierney is the top vote getter with 91,234. Eighteen-year incumbent Joseph Lee Jr. finishes in sixth place and incumbent John Craven Jr. chose not to run and made an unsuccessful run for City Council instead.