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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.
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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 st...