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 fall, bolstering school security and student achievement, Hoffman said he’s “excited” for D-3’s future and “a little anxious” for his own. “Working in the school district for 33 years, I feel good with the position that we’re in. I feel good with the leadership we have moving forward and it’s been good,” he said. Hoffman pointed to his sixth grade teacher Larry Borchik at South Elementary, now Venetucci Elementary, for helping to foster his passion for learning, which led to his desire to become a math teacher. After graduating from Colorado State University, he returned to D-3 as a student teacher and was hired at Watson Junior High shortly after.…