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Friday, January 11, 2013

Meier Rescinds Cancellation of Consulting Contract With Ferndale Schools

Ferndale school board president Jim O'Donnell confirms that Gary Meier has rescinded his cancellation of the ICE contract.

Ferndale school board president Jim O'Donnell confirmed Friday that Gary Meier is no longer cancelling his consulting contract with the school district. In November, Superintendent Gary Meier said he had given notice to cancel the contract between his consulting firm Innovative Consulting in Education (ICE) and the Ferndale Public Schools. Speaking as the CEO of ICE, Meier said in November that the decision to cancel the contract - which had become a topic of discussion in the community amid questions from political action committee CLEAR and was also discussed in the recent school board election - was a business decision. Meier said the continuing discussion of the contract was part of the reason but not necessarily the only factor. The …

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Meier Cancels Shared Services Contract With Ferndale Schools, Superintendent, Three Administrators Take Cuts; Contracts Extended, and What Do Ferndale School Board Candidates Have to Say About Superintendent's Salary, Contracts?

G-Money

12:56 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013

This is getting stranger and stranger. This points to-------->something is up.   more ›

Monday, November 12, 2012

Meier Cancels Shared Services Contract With Ferndale Schools

The three-year contract brought in $498,130 of revenue for the district in exchange for clerical, technology and financial services.

Ferndale Schools Superintendent Gary Meier confirmed Monday that he will cancel the contract between his consulting firm Innovative Consulting in Education (ICE) and the Ferndale Public Schools. Speaking as the CEO of ICE, Meier said in a phone interview that the decision to cancel the contract - which had recently become a topic of discussion in the community - was a business decision. "It was a business decision of Innovative Consulting and the agreement that exists between the two parties allows for termination of the agreement for any reason," he said. The three-year contract between ICE and the school district was approved by the school board in July 2011 and was set to run through the end of June 2014, bringing in $498,130 of revenue…

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Superintendent, Three Administrators Take Cuts; Contracts Extended and What Do Ferndale School Board Candidates Have to Say About Superintendent's Salary, Contracts?

Cathy Greer

9:18 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012

Wow...fraud, leftist, vindictive, unethical...good riddance??? What happened to good old fashion respect and decency? There is certainly nothing wrong with asking questions, but turning it into an attack because you don't get the answers you expect is sad and let's just keep adding fuel to the fire because that is the very best way to resolve the issues that have come up during this election. Are…   more ›

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