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The result was Speedy Keep. Kind of withdrawn by nominator. Vigyani _talk ^{ਯੋਗਦਾਨ} 10:55, 11 November 2013 (UTC) reply

Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District

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Elementary schools are rarely notable, and the districts which they are a part of are actually less notable, as they are just an office for coordination of the various schools. not every govt org gets an article. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 01:24, 8 November 2013 (UTC) reply

• Keep Although I agree with nominator's assessment of the lack of notability of run-of-the-mill primary schools, l disagree regarding school districts. As the linked Google News archive search shows, these are elected bodies, often with hotly contested races, and they also often place multi-million dollar bond measures on the ballot, often highly controversial. Elementary school and middle school articles are often redirected to school district articles, so these articles help with Wikipedia's function as a gazeteer, which is mentioned specifically in the Five Pillars, our founding principles. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:59, 8 November 2013 (UTC) reply

• Keep Governments are inherently notable. In the US, school districts are governments and this district has been included in the most recent US Census of Governments (2012). This government will be mentioned in various budgets, educational studies, comparative analyses, and real estate analyses just like every other school district in the US. The baseline coverage of all school districts in the US exceeds Wikipedia notability standards. That erroneous assertions of government non-notability keep coming up seems to be showing a weakness in the guidelines. TMLutas ( talk) 08:39, 8 November 2013 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000 ^(talk) 12:29, 8 November 2013 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000 ^(talk) 12:29, 8 November 2013 (UTC) reply

• Keep . This does not fall within our practice of redirecting nn primary and middle schools. Besides which, we need somewhere to redirect them to. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 13:01, 8 November 2013 (UTC) reply
• Keep - these are effectively local government bodies that raise large sums of money. Positions are elected and school districts have a high community profile. These articles also are a convenient repository for information about their constituent schools which, if middle or elementary are likely separately nn. The Whispering Wind ( talk) 15:47, 8 November 2013 (UTC) reply
• Keep - Every school district in the U.S. is encyclopedic, as is every public school. WP:5 "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia: It combines many features of ... gazetteers."-- Hjal ( talk) 17:47, 8 November 2013 (UTC) reply
• Keep - School district articles are the target for redirects when the inevitable (horrible) elementary school articles pop up. While no one of these schools is notable under our established consensus at AfD, the collective entity is. Carrite ( talk) 06:01, 9 November 2013 (UTC) reply
• Close as keep from nominator. i wasnt really sure what to do with elementary/middle school DISTRICTS, but it seems like they are keepers, esp. to redirect school articles to. I had thought only school districts which included high schools made the cut, but the snow consensus is i was wrong. im cool with that. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 08:30, 11 November 2013 (UTC) reply

Note: Somebody please close this now as speedy keep. Thanks. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 10:42, 11 November 2013 (UTC) reply

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