Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Avon School District (Massachusetts)

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Likely fails WP:GNG. Merge and redirect this content to Avon, Massachusetts#Education. –Aidan721 (talk) 04:56, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations, Education, Schools, United States of America, and Massachusetts. –Aidan721 (talk) 04:56, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
• Keep. A school district is a type of municipality, and its boundaries are not necessarily the same as a town of the same name. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 09:08, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
• :In this case, they are the same. And how does that address the notability argument? –Aidan721 (talk) 12:21, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
• ::{{replyto|Aidan721}} The idea is that a municipality is a government-recognized place, and so it is not necessary to do the work to prove it as notable. However in Massachusetts, school districts do have the same boundaries as municipalities. Also, [https://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/gc0212ma.pdf the US Census Bureau considers most Massachusetts school districts as being dependencies of municipal governments]. Therefore, if this school district is deemed not notable, it can be merged into Avon, Massachusetts. Anyhow, I will look for information on this district. WhisperToMe (talk) 14:56, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
• :::Per [https://www.avon.k12.ma.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif4136/f/uploads/manual_intro_0.pdf School Committee Policy Manual] from the offical website: {{tq|The area served by the Avon Public Schools is conterminous with the Town of Avon}} (p. 6). –Aidan721 (talk) 15:36, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
• ::::Yep. New England school districts have school district boundaries be the same as municipal boundaries. In the case of regional school districts, boundaries are the same as the two or more municipalities included. The concept of school districts crossing municipal and county boundaries reflect school districts in most states, but not in MA. WhisperToMe (talk) 15:41, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
• ::I'll address the notability argument: "likely" to fail the GNG? Didn't you check? Ravenswing 05:01, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
• I found an angle in which keep can be an outcome: I found an article in which a superintendent took a tour of China and as a result, began to consider expanding academic courses on China. And I found another article on how the school district no longer could have Latin.
• :{{cite news|last=Kazarian|first=Christopher|title=Ex-Southampton resident to tour China on Fulbright|newspaper=The Summit|place=Easthampton, Massachusetts|date=2006-07-13|pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/164977064/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/164977094/ 3]|via=Newspapers.com}}
• :{{cite web|last=Melanson|first=Mike|url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/archive/2008/08/26/lack-teacher-means-no-latin/40512167007/|title=Lack of teacher means no Latin for Avon students|newspaper=Wicked Local|date=2008-08-26|access-date=2025-02-08}}
• I found other articles on changes of superintendents, but I think these two articles have the best SIGCOV on this district.
• WhisperToMe (talk) 15:35, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
• Also, additional SIGCOV is in the article about how the district had to use churches during a repair of the school: {{cite news|last=Coleman|first=Sandy|title=Public schooling, church setting|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=2004-10-03|pages=Globe South [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/165015558/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/165015709/ 5]|via=Newspapers.com}} WhisperToMe (talk) 22:55, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

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