Tag: widefield d-3
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Widefield superintendent wraps up over 30-year career in district
At the conclusion of the 2025-26 school year, Widefield District 3’s superintendent will call it a career. Aaron Hoffman has spent three decades as a teacher, coach, principal and top administrator in D-3, where he also was a student, graduating from Widefield High School in 1988. After helping the district pass a transformative bond last…
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Widefield D-3 selects next superintendent
A longtime educator in Widefield D-3 schools has been chosen to be its next leader. The D-3 Board of Education voted to appoint current Assistant Superintendent Steffanie Howell to the upcoming vacancy during its regular meeting Thursday night. Last month, Superintendent Aaron Hoffman announced his retirement at the end of the 2025-26 school year. Howell…
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Widefield D-3 interviews three superintendent finalists
Widefield District 3’s board of education has interviewed three finalists as it looks to select the district’s next superintendent. D-3’s current assistant superintendent, Steffanie Howell, its executive director for student assessment and information systems, Megan Houtchens, and the chief academic officer for Pendergast Elementary School District in Arizona, Shelmon Brown, were each asked five questions…
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New bond approvals will improve aging schools across El Paso County
After years of mounting maintenance needs, district-wide upgrades are on the way for two of El Paso County’s oldest school districts. Last week, voters in Manitou Springs District 14, established in 1872, and Widefield D-3, founded in 1874, both approved new bond proposals for their aging schools in the 2025 coordinated elections. In Widefield, $88…
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Early results show voters approve bond measures for Widefield, Manitou Springs school districts
Major facility upgrades are coming to two El Paso County School districts, early election results indicate. As of 7:30 Tuesday, Manitou Springs voters approved a district-wide bond proposal in D-14, and Widefield voters said yes to their own bond measure, but rejected a mill levy override. In Manitou Springs, 52.6% of voters were in favor…
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2025 Voter Guide: proposed tax hikes could upgrade four area school districts
Along with new representatives on their boards of education, voters in the Pikes Peak region will decide on potential tax increases for four of its school districts. Widefield D-3, Manitou Springs D-14, Cripple Creek-Victor RE-1 and Peyton 23-JT will all ask voters to approve new bonds to renovate or replace aging infrastructure or mill levy…
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2025 Election preview: A look at open school board seats in El Paso and Teller County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save November will see a number of local board of education seats up for this year’s coordinated election in the Pikes Peak region. School board elections in Colorado are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November on odd-numbered years. Board members are…
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Widefield D-3 board approves ballot measures for bond and mill levy override
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Voters in Widefield school District 3 will be asked to pass the first new bond in nearly a decade later this year. Following years of assessment and public polling, the D-3 Board of Education unanimously approved to authorize ballot measures for a mill levy override…
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Multiple El Paso County schools approved for BEST grant funding
Multiple El Paso County schools will benefit from this year’s round of grant awards from the Colorado Department of Education’s annual Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) program. School districts Harrison D-2, Widefield D-3 and Peyton School District 23-JT, along with the charter Mountain Song Community School, are among the 14 recipients for the state grant…
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Free breakfast and lunch still available at local schools over the summer
School’s out for summer in El Paso County, but multiple schools will still be providing free meals to students. The Summer Food Service Program, funded federally by the United States Department of Agriculture and administered in the state by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), provides free breakfast and lunch to Coloradans 18 years or…