Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beverly Hills Preparatory School

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This article concerns a private school in Beverly Hills, California. According to the [https://www.cde.ca.gov/SchoolDirectory/details?cdscode=19643116934251 California Department of Education] the school shut down in 2006. At present, the article cites two sources, both of which state only that Dan Brown briefly taught at the school. BEFORE searches likewise do not return any coverage about the school itself, only passing mentions regarding Brown's short tenure there. But, as is well established, notability is not inherited. And given that there is effectively no reliable, independent coverage regarding the school, I don't believe this article can meet any general or specific notability guideline and also that we lack sources to provide verifiable coverage. DocFreeman24 (talk) 00:48, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. DocFreeman24 (talk) 00:48, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. DocFreeman24 (talk) 00:48, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 07:05, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

• Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.

  1. {{cite book |last1=Provost |first1=Jon |author-link1=Jon Provost |last2=Jacobson |first2=Laurie |date=2007 |title=Timmy's in the Well: The Jon Provost Story |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=glm9BDU3cZIC&pg=PA212 |location=Nashville, Tennessee |publisher=Cumberland House Publishing. Turner Publishing Company |pages=211–213 |isbn=978-1-58182-619-7 |accessdate=2021-03-29 }}

     The article contains several pages of discussion about the school from former students of Rexford School. The students had attended the school over 30 years prior to the book's 2007 publishing. The article notes, "In the fall, I started at Rexford High School in Beverly Hills. This former house held a tiny, two-story school designed for working kids. I had about twenty-five people in my entire grade. Jay (North) went there along with Dino and Ricci Martin, Burt Lancaster's daughters, some producers' kids ... kinds in or around the business."

  2. Los Angeles Evening Citizen News articles:

     1. {{cite news |date=1962-01-23 |title=Rexford Semester Opens January 29 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74627545/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=2021-03-29 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329101358/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74627545/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/ |archivedate=2021-03-29 }}

        The article discusses Rexford Junior and Senior High School. The school was located at 9250 Olympic Boulevard in Beverly Hills. The school's principal was Dr. M. J. Firestone. The school offered electives in art, drama, and music.

     2. {{cite news |date=1964-01-18 |title=Rexford School Uses Paced Teaching Method |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74627606/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=2021-03-29 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329101913/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74627606/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/ |archivedate=2021-03-29 }}

        The article said that Rexford Junior and Senior High School is "a fully accredited co-educational college preparatory day school". The article noted that the school has a class size ranging from 10 to 15 students. The article noted that Rexford used "newer concepts of mathematics and the oral-aural technique of a foreign languag[e]" in its teachings.

  3. Los Angeles Times articles:

     1. {{cite news |date=1963-06-27 |title=Rexford High Given UC's Approval |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74627769/the-los-angeles-times/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=2021-03-29 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329103223/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74627769/the-los-angeles-times/ |archivedate=2021-03-29 }}

        The article noted that the University of California accredited Rexford Junior and Senior High School's college preparatory program. The school has two directors: David W. Axelrod and his wife. The school has five faculty and 80 students. It was established five years ago. The article focuses on mathematics, science, and history, and has drama, art, and music enrichment classes.

     2. {{cite news |date=1969-06-05 |title=Sons of El Presidente Visit Rexford School |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74627720/the-los-angeles-times/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=2021-03-29 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329102922/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74627720/the-los-angeles-times/ |archivedate=2021-03-29 }}

        The article notes, "Alfredo and Gustavo Diaz Ordaz Jr., sons of the President of Mexico, were recent visitors to Rexford School where they were guests of Ellen Fuchs, a student at the school."

     3. {{cite news |date=1965-04-15 |title=Mexico Will Be Fashion Show Theme |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74627655/the-los-angeles-times/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=2021-03-29 }}

        The article notes that the Rexford Junior and Senior High School is presenting a fashion show and tea with "Mexican Holiday" as the theme. Money earned from the event was allocated to the Rexford Parents' Coordinating Council scholarship fund. Female students and their mothers modeled clothes from Sally's in Westwood. Male students modelled clothes from Brussells in Beverly Hills and Westwood.

  There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Rexford Junior and Senior High School (which was later known as Rexford College Preparatory High School and later known as Beverly Hills Preparatory School) to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

  Cunard (talk) 10:51, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

:*Rexford Junior and Senior High School passes Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Schools, which says, "All universities, colleges and schools, including high schools, middle schools, primary (elementary) schools, and schools that only provide a support to mainstream education must either satisfy WP:ORG, general notability guideline, or both."

The school passes Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Audience through receiving significant coverage in the Los Angeles Times.

Cunard (talk) 10:51, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

:*:Thanks for finding these. I'll leave it to other voters to assess for themselves, but none of these seem like "significant coverage" to me.

:*:*The LA Times references are extremely short and cover pretty trivial matters that I'm not sure would even warrant inclusion in an article. Ditto for the LA Evening Citizen articles, which, while a little longer cover perhaps the most routine things you can say about a school.

:*:*The Timmy's in the Well book is a sentence or two about the fact that some individuals attended the school and some basic attributes. But again, notability isn't inherited and there's really not meaningful discussion (as far as I can tell) of the school itself.

:*:In short, while I appreciate you flagging these, even with these references in hand, I'm not sure we could even write a better article than the one that presently exists. But we'll see what others think as that's just my opinion and I appreciate you taking the time to compile these. DocFreeman24 (talk) 14:10, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

• Pinging Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rexford College Preparatory School participants: {{user|Bigwig7}}, {{user|Just Chilling}}, and {{user|Doncram}}. Cunard (talk) 10:51, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
• Delete It's extremely questionable that the sons of the President of Mexico visiting the school makes it notable. Same goes for most of the other things that have been mentioned by Cunard for why the article should be kept. For instance, them "presenting a fashion show and tea with "Mexican Holiday" as the theme." Seriously folks. This whole thing is about more then just cutting and pasting trivial mentions that you found in a Google search and then calling it a day. Seriously folks, there has to be more then tea time and a fashion show for a private organization (even a school) to be notable. --Adamant1 (talk) 11:38, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

• Delete: per Adamant1. Wasraw (talk) 07:41, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
• Delete As per all, Not enough sources to pass GNG. Pilean (talk) 12:29, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

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