Woodland Park Question 2B would raise sales tax for school debt
The district projects the measure would generate about $725,000 in fiscal 2027 as it reports declining reserves, staffing and program cuts, and roughly $715,000 in annual debt payments.
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Woodland Park voters will decide in November whether to approve Question 2B, a proposed 0.25% sales tax that the school district projects would raise about $725,000 in fiscal 2027 for debt payments. The county’s sample ballot includes the Woodland Park question.
The city council approved an ordinance placing a sales-tax question on the November ballot, and the city clerk later identified it as Question 2B. The district briefing describes the tax as covering its certificate-of-participation debt and estimates the revenue using a four-year average of prior sales-tax collections.
At an Oct. 22 meeting, school board member Cassidy told Teller County commissioners that district reserves had fallen from about $11.7 million in 2022 to about $3 million. She said the district’s debt payments are about $715,000 a year. The district has debt from earlier facility and capital projects. Cassidy also described staffing and program cuts, while Commissioner Stone said high-school teachers were taking on an additional class and losing half their planning time. The district reported 40% teacher turnover from 2022 to 2024.
The district’s earlier 1.09% voter-approved sales tax ended in 2025 and had accounted for about 24% of its budget, Cassidy said. She said cuts have affected administrators, teachers and other staff, as well as classrooms, programs and sports.
[City council minutes describe amendments](https://woodlandparkco.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream%28fileId=2807,plainText=false%29 under which excess revenue would pay down debt principal and the tax would end once the debt was paid.