Talk:Boston University Academy

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Expanding the Article

There need to be more verifiable sources. (Unknown)

refs are excellent - more topics and pics? Victuallers 16:49, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn;t sure what topics to use... As to pics, I did it once but they were all deleted... Maybe someday I will take my own pictures and post them... --CrashDawg 01:34, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can print references be used - such as BU College of Engineering Magazine? How about the BUA profile which goes to colleges? NorthernMaus (talk) 04:30, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup

In some respects this article is quite good, but it needs certain kinds of cleanup. For example, the image link is currently broken. Some of the formatting also needs to be brought in line with the standards as laid out at Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools. Also, the only reference on many of the "notable" faculty members is that they're listed on the school's webpage. See WP:BIO for more information on how to confirm notability. --El on ka 22:21, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rate My Teacher

A discussion of whether school pages can link to ratemyteacher.com is happening over at Talk:MiltonAcademy

-- Jeff 04:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notable faculty

Dr. James Davis and Dr. Richard Horn should be notable faculty. They are icons at the academy.

Why doesn't he get a mention in the history department? (Unknown)

As far as I can see it only one faculty member is notable, Philip Gambone. While it's impressive that the school has so many faculty that have graduated from presitigious schools with advanced degrees that doesn't mean we need to make an arbitrary decision as to which we'll call "notable". OTOH, I don't see any list of notable alumni, which is a standard feature of most school articles. Surely there must be a few. I'm going to trim the faculty section and add an alumni section, even f it's empty for the time being. ·:·Will Beback ·:· 08:50, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I decided to take the notable alumni section out. Since the school is so small and young there are, I believe, fewer than 300 alumni in existence, none of whom are much older than 30. As far as I know, no BU Academy graduate has achieved notability, and I wouldn't expect there to be any notable alumni for a number of years. If someone finds one, feel free to add the section, but until then let's not have an ugly empty section. Moonroe 21:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I added a notable alumni section to include J. Courtney Sullivan (certainly she has reached sufficient recognition to be included). I had trouble closing up the gap between this and the section above it, as my attempts to do so changed the format of the "Notable Alumni" heading. Sorry for my lack of computer savviness!

Founder

I have changed the article to say that the school was founded by Peter Schweich, and provided a reference for this. This is in response to an OTRS request. The reference someone had provided for it being founded by John Silber did not say that he founded the school; rather, it said that it was founded under his auspices, which reflects the fact that he was running Boston University and approved it. - Mark 10:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Although I couldn't find a better article to reference, the fact is that John Silber did found BU Academy. I'll try to find a better article... --CrashDawg 05:04, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]