District overview
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Widefield School District 3 serves Security-Widefield in El Paso County near Colorado Springs, with about 9,400 students and many military families. Colorado pays districts mainly through a per-student formula and local property taxes. Voters approved a bond and a mill levy override on November 4, 2025. Five board members elected at large adopt the budget, set policy and appoint the superintendent.
By September 2026 about $28 million of bond projects were active, with larger additions going to bid this fall.
Health insurance premiums rise 21 percent for 2026-27, and a state formula change could cut about $1 million.
Kelly Cutcher (president), Michelle Hubbard (vice president), Tina West (treasurer), William Dolphin and Luis Ybarra Jr. Steffanie Howell became superintendent in 2026.
A luncheon work meeting at noon is followed two days later by the regular meeting at 6 p.m., usually the third Thursday, at 1820 Main Street.
Posted records are agendas, minutes and attachments; budget totals and the bond amount were mostly in attachments that were not read in full.
The bond pays for repairs, HVAC and additions across the district. Talbott and Venetucci elementary schools now have air conditioning, Sproul Junior High has temporary classroom pods, and bids are coming for Grand Mountain School, Watson Junior High and a Widefield High School math wing.
Bond approved Nov 4, 2025, plus state BEST grants for HVAC and North Preschool
Widefield directors are elected at large to four-year terms in odd-year coordinated elections. Three seats (Dolphin, Hubbard, Ybarra) were filled in November 2025; the two remaining seats, currently held by Kelly Cutcher and Tina West, are expected on the November 2, 2027 ballot. Term end dates were not published in the records read.
Official source · verified Nov 9, 2026
Voters approved a general obligation bond and a mill levy override; the board adopted the bond issuance resolution on November 12, 2025 to fund prioritized building needs.
Official source · verified Nov 9, 2026
Practical guides to school phone policies, district budgets, and administrator hiring.
Explore resources →Built from the board's agendas, official minutes and attachments on its public Diligent Community portal (Nov 2025 to Nov 2026).
We read every agenda, packet, recording, and set of minutes, and write up the decisions that affect families — each one linked to the document it came from.
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