Heather S. Howell

Heather Howell is vice chair of the Suffolk School Board and represents Sleepy Hole Borough in a term ending December 2028. Her public biography describes growing up in Suffolk, graduating from Nansemond River High School and returning to teach in Suffolk after attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Howell’s classroom background includes special education and reading intervention at elementary and middle-school levels, as well as supervision of student teachers. Her documented 2026 board responsibilities include the Finance Committee. That combination connects the educational experience inside a classroom with the resource decisions made by the board.

Residents can contact Howell through her official board email and follow proposals through the division’s meeting materials. For a learning-support question, explain the policy or program involved and distinguish a systemwide issue from a private student matter. Individual services should proceed through the appropriate school team. Her borough is an electoral district; the school division’s separate school locator is the correct resource for checking attendance assignments when moving or enrolling a child.

Official profile or first-party background · Representation and meeting resources.