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Andrew Ziffer
2025 - Present
2028
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Andrew Ziffer is a member of the DeKalb County School District school board in Georgia, representing District 1. He assumed office on January 1, 2025. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Ziffer ran for election to the DeKalb County School District school board to represent District 1 in Georgia. He won in the general election on May 21, 2024.
Ziffer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Andrew Ziffer was born in Bemidji, Minnesota. Ziffer's career experience includes working as a real estate executive. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida in 1992.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: DeKalb County School District, Georgia, elections (2024)
General election
General election for DeKalb County School District school board District 1
Andrew Ziffer defeated Austin McDonald in the general election for DeKalb County School District school board District 1 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andrew Ziffer (Nonpartisan)  | 57.6 | 5,462 |
 | Austin McDonald (Nonpartisan) | 42.4 | 4,017 | |
| Total votes: 9,479 | |||
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Endorsements
2020
See also: DeKalb County School District, Georgia, elections (2020)
General election
General election for DeKalb County School District school board District 1
Anna Hill defeated Andrew Ziffer in the general election for DeKalb County School District school board District 1 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Anna Hill (Nonpartisan) | 58.5 | 11,210 | |
| Andrew Ziffer (Nonpartisan) | 41.2 | 7,901 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 47 | ||
| Total votes: 19,158 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Andrew Ziffer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ziffer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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But I’m most proud of the work I’ve done to improve our communities. I am a past carpool dad and a 13-year active volunteer and parent of a DeKalb County School student. I was elected to two Principal Advisory Councils, volunteered on the Peachtree Middle School Foundation and I co-founded the cross-cluster school communication network in my district that DCSD later formalized.
Our child was diagnosed with a rare medical condition at three months old. I helped organize and create a non-profit that formed a support community for families. The PHACE Syndrome Community still survives today and is over a decade old. I’ve also been involved in a number of DeKalb community organizations focused on improving the lives of children and families.- Ensure Taxpayers' money is used wisely and get our finances in order. Currently, DCSD is operating with two financial systems, wasting more than $23 million on a never-ending software transition. In addition to fixing this accounting software debacle, we need to provide taxpayers with more transparency on how our money is being spent.
- Fix our School Buildings. The Board has failed to repair and/or replace our crumbling and unsafe schools across the County. And our capital improvement plans have largely been ignored. This is an area of expertise that the School Board is lacking and one where I have a proven track record of facilities management. Specifically, I will dust off our capital improvements plan and put it into action. I believe that we can address those properties with the most need while making improvements across all our schools. It’s not an either/or.
- Develop an atmosphere where safety and mental health are valued. Students and teachers cannot succeed when they feel unsafe. Just one way we can make an immediate impact is by enacting protocols so that families receive timely and accurate communications about school safety, and earmark budget items towards wellness providers and mental health services.
The Board should act as a team and if there is disagreement, it needs to be managed professionally and internally. Of course, Board members are allowed to disagree with each other, and it is fair for them to voice that dissent. However, when Board disagreements spill out into the community, our students and stakeholders lose.
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Other survey responses
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2020
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 2, 2024
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