Michelle Olympiadis

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Michelle Olympiadis

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Prior offices

Atlanta Public Schools school board District 3

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Last election

November 7, 2023

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Michelle Olympiadis was a member of the Atlanta Public Schools school board in Georgia, representing District 3. Olympiadis assumed office on January 1, 2018. Olympiadis left office on December 31, 2023.

Olympiadis ran for re-election to the Atlanta Public Schools school board to represent District 3 in Georgia. Olympiadis lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.

Biography

Olympiadis' experience includes working as the VP of communication for the Georgia Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and president of the Morningside Elementary School PTA. She has been associated with the Georgia Department of Education State Advisory Panel and Student Success Stakeholder Committee and the Atlanta Public Schools Grady High School Cluster Advisory, Inman Middle School GO Team, the Special Education Advisory Committee, and has been on two Principal Selection Committees for the Atlanta Public Schools.

Elections

2023

See also: Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia, elections (2023)

General election

General election for Atlanta Public Schools school board District 3

Ken Zeff defeated incumbent Michelle Olympiadis in the general election for Atlanta Public Schools school board District 3 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ken Zeff (Nonpartisan)	63.0	4,920
		Michelle Olympiadis (Nonpartisan)	37.0	2,895

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 7,815
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Olympiadis in this election.

2021

See also: Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia, elections (2021)

General election

General election for Atlanta Public Schools school board District 3

Incumbent Michelle Olympiadis won election in the general election for Atlanta Public Schools school board District 3 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Olympiadis (Nonpartisan)	98.8	15,566
		Other/Write-in votes	1.2	194

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 15,760
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2017

See also: Atlanta Public Schools elections (2017)

All nine seats on the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education in Georgia were up for general election on November 7, 2017. Six seats were elected by district and three seats were elected at large. Six incumbents filed for re-election. A runoff election was held on December 5, 2017, after no candidate in Districts 2, 3, 5, and 7 won a majority of votes in the general election.

District 2 incumbent Byron Amos won against newcomer Keisha Carey in the runoff election after they defeated challenger Tony Burks in the general election. As of December 5, 2017, the runoff election was too close to call. The open District 3 seat drew five newcomers, Adzua Agyapon, Lewis Cartee, Michelle Olympiadis, Antoine Raynard Trammell, and Rashida Winfrey. Olympiadis-Constant defeated Agyapon in the runoff election. Newcomer Erika Yvette Mitchell defeated Raynard Johnson in the runoff election after defeating candidates D'Jaris James, Jatisha Marsh, Bobby Montgomery, and Jackye Rhodes for the District 5 seat. In District 7, newcomer Kandis Wood Jackson won against Patricia Crayton after they defeated candidates Nathaniel Borrell Dyer, John Wright, and Micah Rowland in the general election.

In the general election, incumbent Leslie Grant defeated challenger Ade Oguntoye to retain her District 1 seat. Incumbent Nancy Meister was the only candidate to file for the District 4 seat and won unopposed. In District 6, incumbent Eshé Collins defeated newcomers Valrie Walker Sanders, Patreece Hutcherson, and Donta McMichael to retain her seat. District 8 incumbent Cynthia Briscoe Brown won against challengers Ben Stone and Charlie Stadtlander. Incumbent Jason Esteves was the only candidate to file for the District 9 seat and won unopposed.

Results

Atlanta Public Schools, District 3 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Michelle Olympiadis-Constant	59.30%	9,131
Adzua Agyapon	40.70%	6,268
Total Votes		15,399
Source: City of Atlanta, GA, "Fulton County/DeKalb County ‐ Official and Complete Combined Results," accessed December 12, 2017

Atlanta Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Michelle Olympiadis-Constant	38.84%	5,994
Adzua Agyapon	22.28%	3,438
Rashida Winfrey	16.78%	2,590
Lewis Cartee	16.41%	2,532
Antoine Raynard Trammell	5.33%	823
Write-in votes	0.36%	56
Total Votes		15,433
Source: Fulton County, Georgia, "Official Summary Report: Official and Complete," accessed November 17, 2017 and DeKalb County, Georgia, "Election Summary Report: Official and Complete," accessed November 17, 2017

Funding

Olympiadis-Constant reported $16,550.99 in contributions and $12,893.63 in expenditures to the City of Atlanta Office of Municipal Clerk as of December 31, 2017.

Endorsements

Olympiadis-Constant was endorsed by the Atlanta Federation of Teachers.

Campaign themes

2023

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2021

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Campaign website

Olympiadis' campaign website stated the following:

“	Vision As stakeholders, we must attend and engage in order to continue transforming our school system. Believing that schools and communities have a symbiotic relationship, we must ensure that this relationship is mutually beneficial. We must look to our children, families, neighbors, and communities as core texts from which to teach and learn. When we do, we will build a city that values education and everyone’s potential to succeed. In our many conversations together, we have discussed some strong focus areas: Budget. An audit of the budget is imminent. Supporting the audit department in understanding where dollars go and how they are spent is the only way we can begin to provide more flexibility and support to clusters and schools, as well as understand where economies of scale make sense. Birth to Pre-K. Collaboration and communication between the Mayor, the Superintendent, the City Council, the Board of Education, and private and public partners are how we can expand Pre-K to birth. We must ensure that all children receive a quality preschool experience and are “Kindergarten Ready” on day one. Human Capital. We must invest in strong leaders for our clusters and schools, and promote the fact that teaching is a profession — not an occupation — and like any other profession, demands quality professional development and continuous improvement. Technology. For our children to be competitive in tomorrow’s job market, we must provide them with solid technology foundations in K-12. Teachers also need better tools to assess student performance in real time so as to provide additional instruction when needed. Standardizing hardware and software with quality products that scale well and allow for “Future Proofing” across our various schools is a must. I hope that you will support me as we continue the good work to ensure that Atlanta Public Schools educate every child.	”
—Michelle Olympiadis' campaign website (2021)

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