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One is the former trapper's store in Theriot. The other is the former Daigleville School in Houma.

One is the former trapper's store in Theriot.\u00a0The other is the former Daigleville School in Houma.

Parents seeking to block Terrebonne's closing of Pointe-aux-Chenes School lose round in court Kezia Setyawan, The Courier © Kezia Setyawan/Houma Courier-Thibodaux Daily Comet Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary School A federal judge has rejected parents' request to immediately halt the Terrebonne Parish School Board's actions to close Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary until a hearing on their lawsuit is held. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier rejected the plaintiffs' request for a temporary restraining order in a decision Friday.  To win such a ruling, plaintiffs are usually required...

Charlie Duthu remembers his school days fondly despite the racially segregated arrangement enforced in Terrebonne Parish and across the South. Duthu, a 73-year-old United Houma Nation tribal member, attended Daigleville School while the parish operated a public school system that segregated campuses three ways: all white, all Black, all Native American. “I’m glad that the School Board allowed us to have our own school," said Duthu, who graduated from the Houma school in 1966. "There was a stigma back then against us." The U.S. Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in public schools...