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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

$5G donation from federated unions prompts debate by Singleton Charter directors

April 16, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Members ask whether all grant applications should be reviewed by the board before they are sent out.

Choice Foundation jilted in bid to take over former Dunbar Elementary campus

April 10, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
“If you want us to compete, we have to compete on equal footing.” — board chair James Huger

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Louisiana case over execution protocol

April 7, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Decision lets stand a ruling that says a death-row inmate doesn't have a right to know how he will be executed.

Sheriff says he credited city for $200,000 in ankle-monitoring overpayments

April 3, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Gusman says city has been made whole for errors identified in report from Inspector General's Office.

Sheriff’s Office overcharged city for ankle monitoring program, IG report says

April 2, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Watchdog agency said city overpaid sheriff more than $200,00 for pretrial release monitoring.

Suspensions decline after switch to positive behavior reinforcement, not just punishment

March 20, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Students are rewarded with "Singleton bucks" for good behavior, which they can cash in on a weekly basis at the school store.

New Beginnings charters score $1.9 million in per-pupil funding, some of it overdue

March 20, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
The windfall makes up for enrollment undercounts in previous years.

Audubon restructures pre-K and Montessori programs; pricey tech costs foreseen

March 19, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Board chair Cornelius Tilton: "We’re just a mouse speaking amongst a bunch of lions who have very little interest in funding the education system that they require you to have.”

McDonogh High officials focus on transition as school prepares to shut down

March 12, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
School administrators are auditing student records to determine who might need additional course credits; a summer school is in the works.

State appeals judge’s order to reveal source of lethal injection drug

March 11, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
The deadline to produce the information was Monday.

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