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Lewiston superintendent outlines proposed cuts affecting about 30 positions as schools face rising costs
Summary
Superintendent Jake Lang presented a budget package that would reduce district staffing and restructure several roles after a surge in special-education and utility costs; committee members urged caution, raised selling a city-owned building and requested school‑by‑school impact details.
Superintendent Jake Lang told the Lewiston School Committee at a March budget workshop that the district faces an unsustainable gap in the FY27 budget and has proposed a package of reductions and restructurings, including eliminating roughly 30 positions across administration, human resources, technology and instructional coaching.
Lang said the district’s cost drivers include contractual increases, rising substitute usage and a heavy special-education budget, and that the superintendent’s proposal would use roughly half of the district’s current fund…
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