Despite hours of passionate comments from community urging against it, the Jefferson Parish School Board voted to move forward with their plan to shut down some schools. With only a few months left until the start of the next school year, the district will now need to redraw maps and figure out logistics. JP School Board President Ralph Brandt says they had to wait to nail those down until the final vote. “That kind of is the proverbial challenge here until last night took place we couldn’t really do the next steps of drawing the maps and the intended zone lines because you need to know what schools are closing,” Brandt says. Brandt says the Superintendent and his team will be the ones to redraw the maps. MORE: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/jefferson/jefferson-parish-school-students-teachers-closing-2023-school-year/289-e95ad96e-eb9e-4ecc-a249-66201c0e9606