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Q: Can schools be encyclopedic?

A: Yes even Jimbo Wales thinks so.

File:Goschool.gif The following schools are under watch for continuous organic growth and improvement.

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Added 29 Mar 2005: Jordan Middle School Middle School in Palo Alto CA. Consensus seems headed towards deletion, make sure your voice is heard !
Added 31 Mar 2005: Irwin Altman Middle School - New York middle school located in Queens.
Added 4 Apr 2005: St. Anne Seattle - A Seattle, Washington private school which opened in 1923.
Added 10 Apr 2005: St. Joseph's Secondary School - Canadian Catholic High School
Added 11 Apr 2005: Westview High School (Beaverton) -- Oregon WA School, founded 1994, offers classes with Portland State University
Added 11 Apr 2005: Southridge High School -- Offers International Baccalaureate Program. President George W. Bush spoke at Southridge High School on August 13th, 2004.
Added 11 Apr 2005: Sunset High School (Portland) -- Offers International Baccalaureate program instead of AP classes. Has a christian students club.
Added 13 Apr 2005: Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Dr_Zen/keepschools — A template within userspace created by User:Dr_Zen . This text of this template is " Keep. All schools are notable enough for a truly great encyclopaedia." This VfD debate is very heated, so make sure your voice is heard !
Added 14 Apr 2005: Charter School of Wilmington One of the first charter schools in the US
Added 14 Apr 2005: Yucai high Experimental Chinese High School, alumnus Li Peng
Added 15 Apr 2005: St. Stephens High School Top 10% School in NC. Needs a great amount of tender love.
Added 15 Apr 2005: St. Louis School, Hong Kong English language Catholic school founded in 1864.
Added 16 Apr 2005: William P. Clements High School Sugar Land Texas high school, named after former governor. Founded in 1983
Added 17 Apr 2005: Framingham High School On October 20, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) in the school's John F. Kennedy gymnasium.

Redirected without consensus

Bellevue West High School - Highly accredited Nebraskan high school.

Marked for improvement

Blake Junior High School - Renominated for deletion after no consensus in October 2004, this was once a segregated African American school until 1971.
Coppell High School - Cited as one of "America's Best Schools" by Newsweek. The school's music program was also named "the best in the nation" by the National Music Educators Association.
Cramlington Community High School - Large award-winning school in Cramlington, England. Hosts a multi-million pound Sports Centre and is also a Science College.
Episcopal High School - Private boarding school founded in 1839.
Eirias High School - Highly decorated school in North Wales.
Franklin High School - Year-round school in East Los Angeles, established in 1916.
Galashiels Academy - Scottish high school which dates back to 1696.
Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls - Established in 1875 by an ancient guild of haberdashers.
Hamden Middle School - Middle school which was awarded school of the year in 1998 by the state of Connecticut.
Harlaw Academy - Scottish school with a group of notable alumni, including parliamentarians.
Kent School - Prestigous boarding school established in 1906.
The Kiski School - The oldest remaining all-male boarding school in the USA.
Lake Dow Christian Academy - Private Protestant Christian school; student made news on the AP wire for bringing a pipe bomb to class.
Ngee Ann Secondary School - Originally Tuan Mong High School, taken over by the Ngee Ann Tongsi in 1953.
Red Lake High School - Target of a 2005 school massacre, located on an indian reservation.
Stephen Tyng Mather High School - Set on a 13.75 acre campus, more than half of the students at this Chicago Illinois high school speak English as a second language.
Toowoomba Grammar School - Boarding school established in 1875 which educates reception through 12th.

Examples of good articles

Failed VfD debate, deleted

Elanguest language school - A language school off the island of Malta which teaches students from Russia and all over Europe. Most students only stay 2-4 weeks. VfD archive
Oak Hills High School - Established in 1954, this schools gymnasium was used to shoot Nike commercials. (VfD archive)
Saklan Valley School - An accredited California school founded in 1954. ( VfD Archive)

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 * Added 15 Apr 2005: [[St. Louis School, Hong Kong]] English language Catholic school founded in 1864.
 * Added 16 Apr 2005: [[William P. Clements High School]] [[Sugar Land]] Texas high school, named after former governor. Founded in 1983
+* Added 17 Apr 2005: [[Framingham High School]] On October 20, 1994, President [[Bill Clinton]] signed the [[Improving America's Schools Act]] (IASA) in the school's [[John F. Kennedy]] gymnasium.
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