Deletion of Vista Verde School

Comment: as a major contributor to the article. The school has somewhat unusual characteristics (all-year, combined primary and middle, not a neighborhood school), a small but nontrivial history (the 2006 campus move, very misleadingly described as "they tore it down" by the nominator), and some level of distinction (Blue Ribbon School of Excellence), all of which are well-sourced to multiple newspaper articles (one of which is in a minor local paper but the rest are in a major regional paper). None of this encyclopedic information would be appropriate to merge into the parent article Irvine Unified School District which includes only the names of each school. On the face of it this would seem to be enough for , which requires only "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". In attempting to delete this article out-of-process, the nominator invoked , but that refers back to the general notability guideline for organizations and adds "Most elementary (primary) and middle schools that don't source a clear claim to notability get merged or redirected in AfD." Note that "most" is very different from "all" and that (I believe) a clear claim for notability exists here, namely the Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. (The article on this distinction states that it has been won by only 5200 schools out of over 133000 eligible schools
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES)

Comment: Much of this discussion revolved around , which, while it is a useful prediction tool, is not a method for determining whether an article should be kept or deleted. The method that must be used is , regardless of whether some would inexplicably "consider the GNG irrelevant" in this case. Nearly all of the keep votes in this AfD are entirely unconvincing, relying on made-up criteria for notability like the Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.  MelanieN attempts to show that the school meets the GNG by referring to some of the sources in the article.  However, looking at the sources, I see nothing that rises above |routine, |local coverage of non-notable events that have happened at the school, like student test score results, the blue ribbon award, and the various events revolving around the school's location and land.  There is no significant coverage in national/international publications, or publications that are outside the immediate local area of the school.  In my opinion, none of this coverage rises to the level required by GNG
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Deletion policy (WP:OUTCOMES||WP:GNG||WP:ROUTINE||WP:GEOSCOPE)