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The Terrebonne Parish School Board approved new voting districts for its nine seats Tuesday night that largely mirror the current boundaries.

Officials delayed action indefinitely on a measure that would let Terrebonne Parish public high school teachers show PG-13 movies to students as part of their classroom instruction.

Terrebonne Parish School Board President Greg Harding and Vice President MayBelle Trahan will serve a second straight year in the leadership posts.

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...