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Proposed cuts target grant-funded coaches and specialist roles; principals warn of lost capacity

Lewiston School Committee · March 18, 2026
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Summary

The superintendent's draft budget preserves some services by reorganizing roles but proposes reductions that would eliminate or shift coaches, MTSS coordinators and some filled positions (many of them grant-funded), prompting principals to flag risks to continuity and capacity.

At the March 18 budget workshop, district leaders laid out school-level staffing changes proposed under the superintendent's FY27 plan and described how those changes would affect day-to-day supports at elementary, middle and high schools.

Superintendent Jake Lang said the district is proposing net position reductions of about $1.8 million overall and plans to transition some grant-funded social-emotional and coaching roles into a smaller set of district-funded positions. "We have the social-emotional learning coach which is grant-funded that…

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