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Parents seeking to block Terrebonne's closing of Pointe-aux-Chenes School lose round in court


Parents seeking to block Terrebonne s closing of Pointe-aux-Chenes School lose round in court
Kezia Setyawan, The Courier
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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 to show irreparable harm will occur unless a judge takes immediate action. That s something the School Board, in court  papers, argues the plaintiffs have failed to show.   ....

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Terrebonne Parish Pointe-aux-Chenes parents hope to keep school open


Parents and community residents are asking Terrebonne Parish school officials to reconsider last month s decision to close Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary amid dwindling enrollment.
And they are hopeful that a Houma lawmaker s $1 million addition to the state budget bill will add an incentive to keep the school open.
But School Board President Greg Harding and Superintendent Philip Martin said they don t expect the board to overturn the decision. 
Harding said his concern is that the proposed state money, even if approved by the Legislature, will not be sustainable year after year.
“So that would be my only concern is not to sell the residents and the people who live in Pointe-aux-Chenes with a false hope in saying that they don t continue on funding these programs, Harding said. ....

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Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary School to close: How Terrebonne board members voted


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. ....

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