Board of Education - Dr. Maggie Kjer District 4

Kjer to run for Greene County Board of Education District 4

Maggie holds a Bachelor's Degree in Education and a Master's Degree in Special Education, both from Bridgewater State University, and a Ph.D. in Education from Capella University. She is married to her husband, Jim. She volunteers for the Greene County Food Pantry. 

Maggie is currently retired. She has experience working as Sales Leader for the education company, Pearson, and as a Special Education administrator and teacher. 

Ballotpedia - Maggie Kjer

Maggie Kjer is a Greene County Board of Education Member (BOE) for District 4. She was appointed to this position in 2023, and is serving her first term. 

As of March 23, 2024, Maggie Kjer did not have a website or any information online.

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Want to focus on ways to improve middle and high school student academic performance.

As a County BOE Member, she has prioritized "analyzing test results as well as education processes and procedures to offer suggestions to GCSS administrators...".

Plans to make efforts towards enhancing education outcomes and opportunities for students in Greene County.

- Want to focus on ways to improve middle and high school student academic performance.
- As a County BOE Member, she has prioritized "analyzing test results as well as education processes and procedures to offer suggestions to GCSS administrators...".
- Plans to make efforts towards enhancing education outcomes and opportunities for students in Greene County.

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Maggie Kjer

Maggie received bachelor's degrees in communication and Spanish from Mercer University as well as a master's degree in public policy and nonprofit management from the University of Georgia. She is married and has three children.

Maggie is the head of global community engagement efforts for a Fortune 500 company.

Ballotpedia - Maggie Combs

Maggie Combs's campaign for Greene County Board of Education is her first entry into politics.

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Wants to renew the Lake Oconee Academy charter and believes the current board is delaying this process.

Supports the school voucher program created by Georgia Senate Bill 233.

- Wants to renew the Lake Oconee Academy charter and believes the current board is delaying this process.
- Supports the school voucher program created by Georgia Senate Bill 233.

Wants to improve "test scores and student outcomes in District 4 and all across Greene County."

- Wants to improve "test scores and student outcomes in District 4 and all across Greene County."

Said, " I believe it is possible to invest what is necessary for high quality public education and also issue a property tax rebate to homeowners, starting with retired seniors."

Plans to conduct a "community needs assessment for all Greene County schools."

- Said, " I believe it is possible to invest what is necessary for high quality public education and also issue a property tax rebate to homeowners, starting with retired seniors."
- Plans to conduct a "community needs assessment for all Greene County schools."

As of March 23, 2024, Maggie Combs’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.