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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

Morris Jeff board looking to improve communications

November 4, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Board holds retreat, looks for ways to gather data from the school.

Enrollment means more money for Hynes

October 29, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Increase in per-pupil funds means surplus for Lakeview charter.

Morris Jeff board touts score improvement

October 25, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Leaders seek better process for approving school handbooks.

Lycée changes plans for ‘zoo school’ transportation

October 25, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
School has to ditch 'neighborly' plan for getting students back from zoo trip.

Lycée Français will not expand grades

October 24, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Plans to add an eighth and ninth grades in future years are put on hold for financial reasons.

Lycée Français pre-K decision outrages parents

October 23, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
School's board kills class for three-year-olds, then reinstates it.

State’s supply of drug for executing prisoners has expired, says attorney for death-row inmate

October 21, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Building issues stymie Audubon charter

October 21, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Both its upper and lower schools are in temporary buildings now, waiting for repairs to other sites.

John McDonogh may lose one of its principals

October 18, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Enrollment shortfall means salary cuts of 20 percent also possible.

Easton getting ready for new exams

October 17, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
New tests fully aligned with Common Core standards

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