46:, an article may be non-notable if it is original research, unverifiable, or a vanity page. So an article on a confirmed High School with legitimate references (such as a link to a government web site) that is written from a neutral point of view would satisfy this criteria of notability. Likewise the vanity guidelines can be met by writing the article on a legitimate High School and avoiding promotional expressions.
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Schools of borderline notability could be readily merged onto schoold district pages. In fact if the school article is only a paragraph or two in length, it would probably make more sense to do a merge and redirect to the school district page. The school page can always be filled out again when more
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Schools are significant locations for many of their attendees. Most High Schools have class reunions for former school-mates to get back in touch and reminisce, thus establishing the notability of High School attendance for the alumni. A significant number of individuals also find their future
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The second criteria is related to importance. Unfortunately this is dependent on perspective, so what may be important to one person might not be to another. A reasonable approach might be to compare High
Schools to other comparable institutions. These could be, for example, small colleges or local
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Nearly all High
Schools have distinguishing features that make them unique institutions, rather than being cookie-cutter establishments such as a branch store or restaurant. They are typically unique in age, architecture, ethnic composition, accomplishments, laws, history, mascots and colors,
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For a significant portion of the population of the United States, High
Schools represent the final years of formal education prior to full-time entry into the work force. In this sense they are as significant as junior colleges in the educational services they
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A High School with a typical student population of 1,000 that remains active for 30-40 years can graduate up to 10,000 students. (About 90% of
American students complete high school.) That's comparable to the size of a small
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of information regarding legitimate High School/Secondary School (or equivalent grades 9-12) articles. I'm trying to find a suitable personal standard of notability. A proposed policy on schools,
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Most scholarships for attending college or university are awarded at the High School level. Accomplishments in High School are essential for attending college and determining a life path.
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A stub school article with only a single descriptive paragraph that has been in existence at least 6 months.
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A very small High School with under, say, 200 students, with no other distinguishing attributes.
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A High School with no physical infrastructure for in-person education.
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