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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 considers charter amendments

September 20, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
School budget currently showing a net loss of about $20,000.

ARISE Academy OKs loan for bus fleet

September 19, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Charter system has been running its own bus service since the beginning of the school year.

Warren Easton praised for high teaching standards

September 11, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Board also looking for better ways to engage community.

As execution looms, state says prisoner must show why expired drugs are bad

September 10, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
State continues to avoid the question of whether they have unexpired lethal-injection drug.

Lycée Français still has slots open

September 10, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
School comes up five short of its projected enrollment, which could have budgetary impacts.

Capdau enrollment lower than expected

September 9, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
But school will wait to see how funding from state will be affected.

Appeals court lets execution move forward

August 30, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Christopher Sepulvado tried to delay his execution until the state says more about how it will be done.

Choice Foundation re-elects entire board in meeting without public notice

August 28, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
The board moved its meeting up a day without notifying the public.

Lagniappe Academies seeks refund for water bills it paid

August 27, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
The water system stopped billing schools after Katrina, but the school was charged nearly $9,000.

Morris Jeff school’s income better than expected

August 26, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Strong fundraising and late grants helped up the income for last year.

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