Della Hasselle
NOLA.com
New Orleans, LA, United States
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How can New Orleans public schools improve? The district wants you to answer that question
What are the most pressing challenges New Orleans schools face? Is it that schools lack socioeconomic or racial diversity? That they don't adequately prepare students to succeed in life? That → Read More
Hurricane Zeta leaves 77% of New Orleans without power
90% to have electricity restored within 10 days, Entergy says → Read More
New Orleans schools want you to make noise for teachers leading coronavirus learning efforts
As local educators deliver lessons remotely amid coronavirus-caused school shutdowns, the Orleans Parish school district is asking residents to honor them with a citywide "morning bell" for Tuesday's National Teacher → Read More
School counselors scramble to help kids grappling with disrupted routines, coronavirus anxiety
Connor Rogan, a bright 11-year-old who attends Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy, has long suffered from anxiety. It can leave him feeling alone, angry and out of control. → Read More
Standardized testing problems widespread in these New Orleans-area schools, report finds
Public schools in Orleans and Jefferson parishes saw widespread irregularities with standardized testing last year, and many schools were forced to void the results of high-stakes exams for reasons ranging → Read More
New Orleans property owners can expect a slight dip in rates
Months after a citywide reassessment caused property values to shoot up across New Orleans, its likely impact on taxpayers' wallets is becoming clearer. → Read More
70-year-old man carjacked in Gentilly overnight, New Orleans police say
A 70-year-old man was carjacked in Gentilly early Saturday morning, the New Orleans Police Department said in a preliminary release. → Read More
DEQ asks Jeff Landry for permission to sue Denka over chloroprene emissions in St. John Parish
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is asking state Attorney General Jeff Landry for permission to sue Denka Performance Elastomer, saying the chemical company that for years has been embroiled → Read More
Frank France, founder of Kehoe-France private school, dies at 93
Frank France, who educated generations of New Orleans-area children at Kehoe-France School, a private school he founded with his wife, died Monday. He was 93. → Read More
Amid grade-fixing scandal, fewer than half of New Orleans school's grads cleared weeks after ceremony
Three weeks after seniors at John F. Kennedy High School walked across a stage to celebrate their "graduation," the New Orleans school's governing charter organization, the New Beginnings Schools Foundation, → Read More
New Beginnings Schools Foundation picks Kevin George, superintendent of St. John Public Schools, as interim CEO
Following months of controversy that led to the resignation of Michelle Blouin-Williams, former CEO of The New Beginnings Schools Foundation, the two-school charter network's board voted Saturday to instill a → Read More
Mayor nixes the Krewe of Nyx's summer parade, ending a plan that took aim at Carnival custom
Less than a month after the Mystic Krewe of Nyx proposed a break with custom by bringing Mardi Gras parades to New Orleans' streets in the summer, Mayor LaToya Cantrell → Read More
Denka plant falls short on mandated cut to chloroprene emissions
More than a year after the St. John Parish-based Denka Performance Elastomer plant was supposed to make an 85 percent cut in its emissions of chloroprene — a government-designated "likely → Read More
New Orleans school for 'young men,' three 2020-'21 'takeovers' OK'd by superintendent
A new public high school geared toward "young men" has gotten preliminary approval to open in New Orleans in the 2020-21 school year, while two charter organizations that have operated → Read More
Man dead after being shot in the head near Slidell, authorities say
A man died after being shot in the head in an apparent homicide at a business near Slidell early Sunday morning, according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office. → Read More
Bayou Boogaloo's Sunday opening delayed by half hour due to severe weather warning
Bayou Boogaloo's opening has been delayed Sunday due to a tornado watch that's been issued for the New Orleans area. → Read More
Audubon Zoo unveils new lion exhibit to public, bringing 'iconic roar' back to New Orleans
Cameras were flashing and cellphone videos were rolling as a few of New Orleans' newest celebrities made a pre-performance press appearance Friday morning. → Read More
Friends of King charter network moving Orleans schools to 4-day schedule starting this fall
The Friends of King charter school network will be moving its two Orleans Parish schools to a four-day schedule beginning this fall, eliminating classes on Mondays, according to school officials. → Read More
New Orleans high school graduation rates jump as state tops goal of 80 percent
New Orleans high school graduation rates shot higher last year, offering an encouraging signal to local education leaders and helping the state meet a long-held goal of exceeding an 80% → Read More
Man from Violet booked with murder after allegedly running over his wife with a truck
A Violet man has been arrested for murder after he allegedly ran over his wife with a truck and she died from the injuries, according to the St. Bernard Parish → Read More