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Author: Della Hasselle

About Della Hasselle
Della Hasselle, a freelance journalist and producer, reports environmental and criminal justice stories for The Lens. A graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Hasselle lived in New York for 10 years. While up north, she produced and anchored news segments, wrote feature stories and reported breaking news for DNAinfo.com, a hyperlocal news site. Before that, she worked at the New York Daily News. She obtained her master

John McDonogh will try to drum up new ninth-graders

December 11, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
School leaders may go door-to-door looking for new freshmen.

Hynes school finds it’s easy being green

December 10, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
$107,000 in playground equipment ready to be installed.

Morris Jeff board considering policy changes

November 25, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Morris Jeff board to take December vote on school governance

November 22, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
School must decide whether to stay under Recovery School District or return to Orleans Parish School Board.

Easton board members help Orleans superintendent search

November 21, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Parish school board holding focus groups to find new boss.

Singleton charter erases deficit, but YMCA still in the red

November 20, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
School is nearly $140,000 in the black so far this fiscal year.

Principal replaced at KIPP New Orleans Leadership Academy

November 19, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
School's executive director felt "the school needed a change in leadership."

Audio: For some students at New Orleans’ best schools, just getting there is a challenge

November 15, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Of the seven A schools in the city, just one buses its students. That means some students fortunate enough to get into one of the best schools must take hours-long rides on public transportation, making them and their parents uneasy.

Plessy principal’s departure initiated by school board, president says

November 13, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Board held two special meetings to discuss principal's performance, and picked a successor at one of them.

ReNEW pays Recovery School District $196,000 for school meals

November 5, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
The federal government would've paid most of that if reimbursement deadlines had been met.

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