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Superintendent offers cuts and corrections to narrow budget gap; librarians, social‑emotional staff and facilities targeted for scenarios

Lewiston School Committee · March 26, 2026
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Summary

Administration presented proposed FY27 reductions and found $300,000+ in potential savings (JROTC correction, deferred facilities, possible nutrition reserve adjustment); committee asked for multiple scenarios showing impacts of keeping occupied positions vs. deeper cuts.

Superintendent Jake Langley presented the committee with a set of proposed FY27 reductions and line‑by‑line corrections on March 25, telling members the administration had found roughly $300,000 in potential adjustments when combining a nutrition reserve pullback, a JROTC staffing correction and a set of deferred facilities projects.

Langley described one correction that reduces the budget by $72,661 after reconciling JROTC federal‑employee staffing levels in the high school and noted a potential $111,000 in savings by deferring selected…

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