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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

New school at old Wheatley site could soon belong to Dibert

January 28, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
John Dibert Community School could soon have a new school building at the old Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School site in Treme.

John McDonogh leaders propose security guards at meetings

January 28, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
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.

Despite lack of quorum, board meets in executive session

January 24, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Morris Jeff Community School still looking for new location

January 22, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
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.

Warren Easton the most famous high school in the U.S.?

January 17, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
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.

John McDonogh charter board meeting explodes in tears and anger

January 16, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

RSD’s offer to Abramson kids: Leave one F school for another

January 10, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

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