The School Board voted 7-2 Tuesday night to reject a proposal to eliminate mandatory uniforms and replace the long-standing policy with a new dress code.
The board, before a packed meeting room, voted 6-3 to close the school and send its students to Montegut Elementary, about four miles away, starting next school year.
Here is how board members voted:
For the closure: Debi Benoit, Clyde Hamner, Gregory Harding, Michael LaGarde, Stacy Verhagen Solet and MayBelle Trahan.
Against the closure: Roger Dale DeHart, Matthew Ford and Dane Voisin.
Terrebonne schools Superintendent Philip Martin said previously that the closure is warranted because the school s enrollment is dwindling. He said it s difficult to justify keeping it open when the students can attend Montegut Elementary so close by.
Pointe-aux-Chenes enrolls fewer than 90 students, and Montegut enrolls 143, officials said.