Landry claims Hollygrove residents prefer Choice Foundation; BESE meets at Xavier to discuss the issue May 28.
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
Posted inCriminal Justice
Execution of child-killer delayed six months after botched lethal injections elsewhere
The stay of execution is related to a delay in a trial on the constitutionality of the state’s lethal-injection method.
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State failed to turn over key public records about execution drugs
The Lens tried unsuccessfully for a year to determine when the state’s lethal-injection drugs were due to expire, but prison officials repeatedly said they had no public records that showed such a date. Recently acquired documents show the state in fact had emails, letters and other records that reveal that information and more.
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Hynes to start work on new playgrounds; student recycling lauded by Global Green
“They come into our office and the teacher’s lounge and fuss at us if we don’t empty out the water bottles,” principal Michelle Douglas said.
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Public hearing on preliminary $6.4 million Hynes Charter budget set for June 9
The Edward Hynes Charter School board of directors will meet June 9 at 4 p.m. to discuss the school’s proposed budget for the coming year. The Lakeview school, which is governed by the Hynes Charter School Corp. and offers classes from pre-K through eighth grade, will present a $6.4 million budget proposal at the hearing. […]
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Public hearing on Audubon Charter’s 2014-15 budget set for May 17
French and Montessori Education Incorporated, the board that oversees Audubon Charter School, will hold a hearing on May 17 to discuss next year’s budget. Board members will convene at 10 a.m. to discuss the preliminary $7.5 million budget. Currently, the preliminary budget shows a revenue gap of nearly $69,000. Audubon CPA Ben Hicks said the […]
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Audubon Charter School officials debate switching to KIPP’s food provider
Administrative fee currently charged by OPSB would plunge after switch to Revolution Foods, board is told.
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Easton leader keen on legislation that would establish revolving fund for maintenance
What to do when post-Katrina FEMA money expires? House bill envisions a business-like approach to major school repairs.
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Louisiana execution method calls for same drug used in botched Oklahoma execution
Tuesday night, an inmate in Oklahoma reportedly writhed on a gurney after being declared unconscious. Louisiana’s execution method would use the same sedative, but in a much lower dosage. Death-penalty opponents say such a low dosage may not prevent suffering.
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Unexpected influx in per-pupil funding pushes Crescent Leadership into the black
As recently as February, the school appeared to be heading for an annual deficit about as large as the surplus now projected.