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for schools, I feel the article should be kept. Most high schools will have multiple independent substantial coverage in newspapers, since they are an important part of the community and a large expense to build and operate, and often get into controversies of administration policy, beyond sports scores and graduation lists. The presence of a sentence in the article promoting a reunion is perhaps a reason the EDIT THE ARTICLE but not a good reason to delete the article.
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The discussion of schools has been discussed often and from time to time proposals have been offered but none have reached consensus within the community. Until we decide, I would err on the side of caution and leave the article in place. I think this goes a bit beyond
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I have checked out articles re: other local high schools (Lester B. Pearson, Burlington, ON; M. M. Robinson, Burlington, ON), which have obviously not been deleted. Not sure why the inconsistency here, as they seem no more remarkable than this one.
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