Students raised over $2,000 for Operation Reboot Outdoors in Turner.
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District eyes state grant to build more private gender-neutral bathrooms at Dixfield high school
Gender-neutral bathrooms are preferred by many Dirigo students for privacy.
RSU 56 technology director stresses importance of protecting electronic data
All students have iPads or laptops for doing schoolwork.
Dixfield, Peru schools tested for lead in drinking water
Peru Elementary School replaces a leaky hot water boiler.
Photo: Music to their ears in Peru
The school includes students in prekindergarten to grade five.
Dixfield-based school board declares one seat vacant, citing absent director
Peru residents interested in serving asked to contact the Town Office.
Want to borrow ‘Gender Queer’ from your local library? You may have to get in line.
As of Wednesday, nearly all of the copies of the graphic novel were either checked out or in the process of being checked out from libraries across Maine.
Maine writers’ group funding copies of banned book for Dirigo high school students
The controversial memoir on sexuality and gender identity was removed from the library.
Dixfield-based school board bans gender book from Dirigo library
RSU 56 directors voted 7-2 to remove “Gender Queer: A Memoir” from the high school shelves.
RSU 56 committee recommends keeping challenged book on Dirigio High School’s library shelves
The book “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” by Maia Kobabe was requested by three community members in May to remove it from the high school library shelves.