Thank you for electing Heather Sheffield to EISD School Board, Place Six.
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About Heather
Heather Sheffield for EISD Trustee Place 6
Heather loves the Eanes ISD community and is committed to serving the children and taxpayers. She has two children currently attending Eanes ISD schools. Heather is passionate about making sure that ALL children get the best education possible. She believes in transparency and engaging students, parents, teachers, staff and other district stakeholders. Heather understands the needs and concerns of our community and she is a good listener. She and her family are grateful that Eanes is already an exemplary and innovative school district and she has proven she will do the work to make it even better.
Heather was originally elected to the Eanes ISD School Board in May, 2019. She currently serves on the Texas Association of School Boards Legislative Advisory Council for Region 13 representing Eanes ISD. Heather has served as both a Delegate and an Alternate of the TASB Delegate Assembly for our district. Delegates play an important role in TASB’s governance and create the Advocacy Agenda for TASB to pursue during the following legislative biennium. Heather was one of 30 Trustees from Texas selected to go to Washington D.C. for the National School Board Association's Advocacy Institute in February, 2020. Heather is a current member of the Leadership TASB program and is on pace to become a Master Trustee in 2022. She served as a Board liaison on the Eanes ISD Legislative Priority committee for the 87th Legislative Session. Heather is an active member of the Central Texas School Board Association but most importantly, she feels like she still has work to do as a Trustee in Eanes ISD.
Professionally, Heather is the Director of Outreach, Advocacy, and Client Relations for a law firm that specializes in working with public schools. She is a Registered Provider of continuing education for school board members. Heather has spent the last several years working as a pro-bono advocate. Her experience in business, as an advocate, and as a former 1st grade teacher, along with her volunteer work, lead her to run for the school board. She has held almost every possible volunteer role within a school, including PTA President. Heather was awarded a Honorary Lifetime PTA award for her work. Since moving to Eanes ISD with her husband and two children, Heather has been extremely involved at both the campus and district level as well as at the Capitol. Heather attended almost all of the EISD Board Study Sessions and Board Meetings along with the 2018-2019 Bond Advisory Committee meetings for three years before being elected to the Board. She founded the group Eanes Advocates in 2017 and sat on the District Leadership Team from 2016-2019. She was an original member of the Envision Eanes committee and was a member of the 2018-2019 calendar committee along with the Eanes ISD Legislative Priority committee for the 86th Legislative Session and the Special Education Parent Working Group. Heather supports the Eanes Education Foundation and proudly serves on the EEF Teacher Fund Committee. She was also instrumental in helping to pass the “Penny Swap & Drop”/Tax Ratification Election (TRE). Heather has gone to great lengths to learn about and understand the complicated school finance system in Texas.
Heather is the current Board President of the grassroots group, Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment (TAMSA). She testifies at the State Board of Education meetings and at House and Senate hearings at the Capitol often on behalf of Eanes Advocates, Decoding Dyslexia, TAMSA, and Texans for Public Education. Heather is invited to and regularly attends Texas Education Agency stakeholder meetings and was selected to be a parent participant on the Texas Education Agency’s Special Education Teacher Certification Policy Forum. She was the awarded the 2019 Citizen of the Year "Westie" Award by the Westlake Chamber of Commerce. Heather is also a Volunteer Deputy Registrar, a proud member of the Junior League of Austin and the National Charity League. She sits on the Westlake Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors and serves as the Sergeant-at-Arms on the Board of Directors for the Rotary Club of Austin Westlake.
Heather would be honored to have your vote to continue her service on the Eanes ISD school board to preserve, protect and defend Eanes ISD in Place
Get Involved
Heather‘s family supports her but she would appreciate your help. You can help by endorsing her, by putting a sign in your yard, by sending out an email about Heather’s campaign, by sharing the page “Heather for Eanes ISD” on Facebook and/or by donating. You can also host a coffee or a campaign party!
Vote for a Proven Advocate for Children
Heather is a strong and proven advocate for children and taxpayers. She has extensive experience at the campus and district level but also with the State Board of Education, the Texas Education Agency and at the Capitol. Please support Heather when she runs for re-election in May, 2022.
Please Contribute
Heather is not currently accepting donations. If you're feeling generous, she would love for you to donate to the Eanes Education Foundation. https://eaneseducationfoundation.org/donate/
