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Maze said the federation put names forward for the board earlier this year, and in March, they jointly submitted their suggestion for board chair with the Saskatchewan School Boards Association.

“We’ve had regular communication with the ministry in regards to reminding them to make those appointments, and now here we are eight months later, and we’re wondering why those appointments haven’t been made,” Maze explained.

The Saskatoon StarPhoneix requested an interview with a representative from the Ministry of Education about the STF’s concerns, but a statement was provided instead.

“The government values the productive relationship that has been established and maintained with the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation and we look forward to continuing our essential work together,” it read.

“We are in the process of confirming appointments to the Educational Relations Board and expect this process to be completed shortly.”

Maze said the government has made hundreds of appointments through orders of council in recent months, and is unaware why appointments to this board have been delayed.

He said the organization is “confident” its request for a court order will be successful.

“Ultimately, it’s just forcing government to act on its … legislative responsibility to make those appointments,” he said, saying they’ve sent letters on the topic to the ministry on “numerous occasions.”

“Each time, we’ve kind of been told: ‘We’re getting to it and that’ll happen.’ But here we are eight months later with hundreds of orders of council appointments being made, none to the education relations board.”