Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark West Union School District

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. WP:SNOW (non-admin closure) Mediran (t • c) 02:51, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mark West Union School District

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I dont believe that elementary school districts qualify for articles. this article is unofficially included in the afd, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hartselle City School District. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:35, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This school is a government, officially listed in the US census of governments. Pray tell, what tax and spending authorities are not notable? In California, these districts can put thousands of dollars on your property tax bill and are often the largest single item on it.

There are hundreds of existing elementary school districts (which often cover school systems K-8 grade) pages. Killing this one on the grounds that it is an elementary school district is contrary to general practice. TMLutas (talk) 03:44, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep School district articles are usual redirect targets for articles about primary schools. They have elected officials and exercise governmental powers. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:54, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:01, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:02, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, appears to have received multiple mentions in non-primary reliable sources, mostely from the area where the school district is located in, sufficient to be considered to be significant coverage if taken in total. Organization/government is not a local chapter of a larger organization, therefore it is independently notable as per WP:ORG.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 19:18, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - school districts as official bodies are notable and as a repository for information on non-notable elementary schools this article serves a valuable purpose. They way forward is to expand and source, not to delete, which is the way that stubs and hence the encyclopaedia is developed. TerriersFan (talk) 00:35, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Cullen and TerriersFan. It's true that elementary SCHOOLS are not generally considered notable, but school districts should be. --MelanieN (talk) 15:29, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep More than 350 news stories at the local paper.[1] This story, for example, is a feature-length article about racial imbalances that affect the whole area's schools, including Mark West. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:51, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.