Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vista Verde School
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
— User:David, 23:32, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES (Wikipedia:Notability)