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==Education== ===Primary and secondary schools=== [[Terrebonne Parish School District]] operates public schools in all of the parish, and its boundary is that of the parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22109_terrebonne/DC20SD_C22109.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731234127/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22109_terrebonne/DC20SD_C22109.pdf |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Terrebonne Parish, LA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 31, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22109_terrebonne/DC20SD_C22109_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> The parish has a French immersion public school (independent of the school district), [[École Pointe-au-Chien]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://telelouisiane.com/journal/in-august-ecole-pointe-au-chien-to-open-kindergarten-first-grade|title=In August, École Pointe-au-Chien to Open Kindergarten, First Grade |publisher=[[Télé-Louisiane]]|date=2023-03-20|access-date=2024-02-15}}</ref> ===Colleges and universities=== The parish is in the service area of [[Fletcher Technical Community College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges|title=Our Colleges|publisher=[[Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges]]|accessdate=June 3, 2021}}</ref> Additionally, a [[Delgado Community College]] document stated that Terrebonne Parish was in the college's service area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dcc.edu/documents/fact-sheet.pdf|title=The Economic Value of Delgado Community College|publisher=[[Delgado Community College]]|access-date=March 9, 2024|quote=For the purposes of this analysis, the Delgado Service Area is {{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} [...] and Terrebonne[...]}}</ref> ===Libraries=== The [[Terrebonne Parish Library System]] is the public library system that serves the residents of Terrebonne Parish.<ref>{{cite web |title=Terrebonne Parish Library System |url=https://mytpl.org/ |access-date=March 21, 2023}}</ref> The library system grew from a small social club formed in 1927, called B.E.S.T.W.S for the surnames of the six original women who formed the club.<ref>{{cite web |title=How the Terrebonne Parish Library System came to be |url=https://www.houmatimes.com/news/how-the-terrebonne-parish-library-system-came-to-be/ |website=The Times of Houma/Thibodaux |access-date=March 24, 2023 |date=April 11, 2022}}</ref> In 1929, the club changed its name to the Terrebonne Literary Club and opened a public library in the parish. Today, it consists of eight branch libraries. ;Library branches * Main Library<ref>{{cite web |title=Main Library |url=https://mytpl.org/branches/main/ |website={{!}} Terrebonne Parish Library System |access-date=March 21, 2023}}</ref> * Chauvin Branch<ref>{{cite web |title=Chauvin Branch |url=https://mytpl.org/branches/chauvin/ |website={{!}} Terrebonne Parish Library System |access-date=March 21, 2023}}</ref> * Dulac Branch<ref>{{cite web |title=Dulac Branch |url=https://mytpl.org/branches/gc/ |website={{!}} Terrebonne Parish Library System |access-date=March 21, 2023}}</ref> * Dularge Branch<ref>{{cite web |title=Dularge Branch |url=https://mytpl.org/branches/dularge/ |website=Terrebonne Parish Library System |access-date=March 21, 2023}}</ref> * East Houma Branch<ref>{{cite web |title=East Houma Branch |url=https://mytpl.org/branches/east/ |website=Terrebonne Parish Library System |access-date=March 21, 2023}}</ref> * Gibson Branch<ref>{{cite web |title=Gibson Branch |url=https://mytpl.org/branches/gibson/ |website=Terrebonne Parish Library System |access-date=March 21, 2023}}</ref> * Montegut Branch<ref>{{cite web |title=Montegut Branch |url=https://mytpl.org/branches/montegut/ |website=Terrebonne Parish Library System |access-date=March 21, 2023}}</ref> * North Branch<ref>{{cite web |title=North Branch |url=https://mytpl.org/branches/north/ |website=Terrebonne Parish Library System |access-date=March 21, 2023}}</ref>
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