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Akron board sends van transportation RFQ back to contracts committee amid questions about timing and oversight
Summary
Board members debated the timeline and oversight for a request to re‑bid van transportation services; Member Amber Molnar asked that the matter be reviewed by the Contracts Committee and the board voted 7–0 to send it there.
The Akron Board of Education voted unanimously to refer the district's pending van transportation RFQ to the Contracts Committee after members raised questions about timing, scoring safeguards and whether individual drivers or companies should supply services.
The referral followed a lengthy discussion about how the district should structure vendor relationships for special-needs and routed van service for the 2025-26 school year. Superintendent Dr. Gerard Robinson told the board the RFQ work is ready and would be posted "probably this next month... March," and staff said the RFQ would be open 30 days.
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