Terrebonne School Board approves new voting districts
The Terrebonne Parish School Board approved new voting districts for its nine seats Tuesday night that largely mirror the current boundaries.
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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 the school's enrollment is dwindling. He said it's difficult to justify keeping it open when the st...