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Directors voted 7-1 to give the superintendent the final say.

In April 2023, the board voted to rescind its March 21 vote to build private bathroom stalls at the high school, citing a lack of support and negative responses from the community.

A town hall led by Queens Provost Matthew Evans and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Barbara Chow was interrupted by student protestors on Monday.

Principal Charlie Swan made the request for Dirigo Elementary School to support truant and high-absenteeism students, among other duties.

Regional School Unit 56 board director Tina Courtway of Peru told the board of directors at their meeting at Dirigo High School on Tuesday that enforcement of the dress code policy adopted last April “needs to be brought to priority.”

Carl Lueders of Canton was elected vice chairman.

Director Liz Kelly of Dixfield had asked the board at its June 13 meeting about 'looking into a rating system for materials in our library.'

The district has $500,000 in a capital reserve account for the new bus garage, and voters will be asked at the June 14 referendum if they want to spend an additional $600,000-plus for the project, Superintendent Pam Doyen said at board of directors’ meeting in March.

The private stalls would have been built with a $214,750 state loan from the Maine Department of Education.

RSU 56 directors voted 7-2 to remove “Gender Queer: A Memoir” from the high school shelves.