Iqaluit school bus contract remains in flux

IDEA members flatly rejected calls from officials at Qikiqtani Schools Operations to approve school bus contracts that the QSO has negotiated for Iqaluit.

Andrew Tagak Sr., chair of the IDEA, announced at the May 3 meeting he will turn down such requests, after members reassured him that such a move wouldn’t leave students stranded.

IDEA member Sean Maloney said the QSO request was aimed at saddling the board with contracts that are expensive and rife with administration problems.

“We’re not signing anything,” Maloney said. “It’s their baby.”

QSO oversees all schools in the Baffin region.