John Dibert Community School could soon have a new school building at the old Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School site in Treme.
Author Archives: 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
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John McDonogh leaders propose security guards at meetings
Parents and community members are still reeling after a chaotic and emotional charter board meeting was cut short earlier this month at John McDonogh High School.
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Despite lack of quorum, board meets in executive session
Though FirstLine Schools’ Board of Directors didn’t have a quorum Wednesday, they voted to go into executive session. The members asked everyone to leave while they met privately for a half-hour, saying only that they were going to talk about “personnel issues.”
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Morris Jeff Community School still looking for new location
As the lease for Morris Jeff Community School is set to expire at the end of the school year, board members at Thursday’s meeting were anxious to find a new location for the school’s students.
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Warren Easton the most famous high school in the U.S.?
Warren Easton Charter Board President David J. Garland said the attention brought to the school by Sandra Bullock might have made it “the most famous high school in the United States,” at least at the moment.
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John McDonogh charter board meeting explodes in tears and anger
A crowd of about 50 showed up for the charter board meeting. photo: Della Hasselle John McDonogh High School’s charter board cut short its monthly meeting Tuesday night after a shouting match erupted between board members and an audience of about 50, including teachers, students and neighborhood activists. Snippets of video promoting the Oprah Winfrey Network’s […]
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RSD’s offer to Abramson kids: Leave one F school for another
Erica Larkins took a risk when she took a job at Abramson Elementary in eastern New Orleans. The school was failing. There were reports of cheating and student violence. Still, she joined the staff and enrolled her daughter Elexi into the school’s second grade. A year later, Larkins is happy with her position and with […]