Lewiston schools propose districtwide student code of conduct and multi‑year rollout to strengthen classroom management

Steve Maroon, the district’s continuous school improvement coordinator, told the school committee Monday that a discipline committee developed three code‑of‑conduct guides for administrators, staff and families and proposed a phased implementation to improve consistency across schools.

Maroon said the committee’s work followed a comprehensive needs assessment that found inconsistent incident reporting, unclear boundaries between classroom‑managed and office‑managed behaviors, and disparities across student subgroups. “The largest location is within the classroom. So you’re talking about 64% of all incidents are happening in the classroom,” he said, and noted repeat referrals concentrated in a small group: “there are 65 current students who have more than 15 discipline referrals so far this year.”