Kevin Dreyfuss-Wells (Shaker Heights City School District, At-large, Ohio, candidate 2025)

Kevin Dreyfuss-Wells

Nonpartisan

Candidate, Shaker Heights City School District, At-large

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Next election

November 4, 2025

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Architect

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Kevin Dreyfuss-Wells is running for election to the Shaker Heights City School District, At-large in Ohio. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.^[source]

Dreyfuss-Wells completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Kevin Dreyfuss-Wells provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on October 17, 2025:

• Gender: Male
• Profession: Architect
• Incumbent officeholder: No
• Campaign slogan: Let's build trust together.
• Campaign website
• Campaign endorsements

Elections

General election

The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.

General election for Shaker Heights City School District, At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates are running in the general election for Shaker Heights City School District, At-large on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Lora Cover (Nonpartisan)
		Kevin Dreyfuss-Wells (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Ardelia Holmes (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Kate Nielson (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	James E. Reed III (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Jenny Steadman (Nonpartisan)

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Endorsements

Dreyfuss-Wells received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Dreyfuss-Wells's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. To send us additional endorsements, click here.

• Shaker Heights City Council Memb. Kim Bixenstine
• Shaker Heights Mayor David E. Weiss
• Shaker Heights City Council Memb. Tenille Klaus
• Shaker Heights City Council Memb. Sean Malone (D)
• Shaker Heights City Council Memb. Nancy Moore
• Shaker Heights School Board Memb. Pamela Scott
• Shaker Heights City Council Memb. Anne Williams
• Shaker Heights City Council Memb. Carmella Williams

Campaign themes

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Kevin Dreyfuss-Wells completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Dreyfuss-Wells' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I’m a 17-year resident of Shaker’s Ludlow neighborhood. My wife grew up here, and she and my son are Shaker alums. Through long experience serving roles across non-profits, advisory committees, and city appointments like my work on Shaker’s City Planning Commission, I’ve learned to successfully work in board and government structures. My endorsements from Shaker’s mayor, council members, and other public officials are the result of my track record in diligent, community-centered, and creative public service. I have proven experience collaboratively getting results for kids. At the Ludlow Pre-K, I organized my neighbors to advocate for a project approach that better met the needs of our community kids and residents in addition to preschoolers. That resulted in a greener site, a larger playground, and funding from the City and Shaker Schools Foundation to make it happen.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Keeping our school facilities investment on track: These projects are the largest public investment in the city in our lifetimes, and if the high school becomes a future phase it will be well over $300 million dollars. Our schools touch nearly every neighborhood as well as our kids, it’s critical to get them right.
• Great education for every student: Shaker is built on providing a high quality and holistic education to every one of our diverse residents, and we can’t fall short – we have to support and challenge every student from every background so that Shaker remains a community of choice.
• Community engagement: Our decisions are better when the people impacted are involved in creating the solutions. My priority will be to broaden input from those who have a stake in the success of the schools: certainly kids, parents, and teachers; but we should truly be leveraging the experiences and wisdom of our entire community.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Collaboration: Our schools and our city depend on each other’s strength for their success. There are tremendous opportunities to work together on issues that affect both. We can focus on supporting youth by working together on supports and opportunities outside the school walls, we can provide better recreation for the community by sharing facilities and developing joint management and programming, and we need to make decisions together about taxes to reduce the burdens on residents where we can without compromising the quality of education or our civic life.

What existing district policies would you like to change, or what new policies would you like to implement?

It's time for an updated strategic planning effort that engages the community. Five years ago we made the bold choice to detrack/delevel many classrooms. It's the number one issue I hear questions about from the community.

It's time to take stock of where we are: what's working, what's currently falling short, and where we need to make adjustments and if necessary shift resources to be sure education is supporting and challenging every student.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Shaker Heights Democrats

Shaker Heights Mayor
David Weiss

Current Shaker City Council Members
Kim Bixenstine
Tenille Kaus
Sean Malone
Nancy Moore
Anne Williams
Carmella Williams
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Current Shaker School Board Member
Pamela Scott

Former Mayor, City of Shaker Heights
Earl Leiken

Former Shaker City Council Members
Brian Gleisser
Ken Kovach
Rob Zimmerman

Former Shaker School Board President
Jeff Isaacs

Former Shaker School Board Member

Marty Kolb

What is an accomplishment that you are proud of?

I live down the street from the new Ludlow Early Learning Center. As that project was being developed, I could see there were missed opportunities to better serve both preschoolers and the community.

I organized my neighbors to advocate for a project approach that better met the needs of our community kids and residents in addition to preschoolers. That resulted in a greener site, a playground doubled in size, and funding from the City and Shaker Schools Foundation to make it happen.

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