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Updated NCES statistics are published[edit]
It appears that public school statistics from the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for the 22/23 school year (public schools) and the 21/22 school year (private schools) have been published. So, as you come across U.S. schools in your editing, you might update the articles with these new statistics for |enrollment=
, |teaching_staff=
(in FTEs), and |ratio=
(teacher/student ratio). Be sure to update the |access-date=
parameter for the reference link to NCES to reflect the date you make any change. Note that some articles also cite NCES for demographics, so sections that do so might need to be updated, too. — Archer1234 (t·c) 17:41, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
High Schools in WV[edit]
I have never had so much trouble finding high school articles as I am having at Sean_Jackson_(basketball)#High_School_career. Is it because I am researching Class A (small schools).?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 16:25, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
- TonyTheTiger, Vinson High School is a redirect, so you could add some information from here to Spring Valley High School (West Virginia)#History. TSventon (talk) 16:52, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
- What about the other schools in that section (Central, Van, & Coalton?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:55, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
- I don't know much about American high schools, but Central may be Wheeling Central Catholic High School, Van High School is described in Van, West Virginia#Schools and Coalton High School in Elkins High School (West Virginia)#History. TSventon (talk) 19:33, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
- What about the other schools in that section (Central, Van, & Coalton?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:55, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
Photographs of pupils[edit]
What's the policy on including identifiable pictures of current pupils in articles? As here, Head girl and head boy. Thanks. Tacyarg (talk) 19:18, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
- Please see WP:IUP#Privacy rights, and on the Commons, see [1]. I think it's creepy, but might pass both policies. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:30, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
- "Publishing a photo of an identifiable person in a private place usually requires consent, and Commons expects this even if relevant laws do not require it." A school is not a public place (try gaining entrance to one whilst students are inside and see what happens). Black Kite (talk) 19:36, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
Pingry School has an RfC[edit]
Pingry School has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. GuardianH (talk) 02:36, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
Union City High School (NJ) and its lede as a prototype?[edit]
There is a discussion here about including highly specific information about how many students are eligible for reduced-cost lunches and teacher:student ratios in the lede. Please join the discussion, because the article has been praised by editors and some want to use it as a prototype for many more. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 17:53, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
I've reverted several times the addition of Ofsted judgements to the lead at Harton Academy. I've started a discussion on the Talk page about this - my view is that, because judgements change over time, it's not sensible to include them in the lead. Does that seem reasonable to members of this project? I'm wondering whether the other editor is editing on mobile and not getting notifications of messages on his Talk page. Thanks. Tacyarg (talk) 19:56, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- Update to this; other editors are now engaging in the discussion on the Talk page, but I'd welcome input from other editors with expertise on school articles. My view is still that Ofsted judgements shouldn't be in the lead, but I note that The Judd School does include the school's judgement in the lead, albeit possibly a special case because of the amount of evidence pointing to a very high achieving school in that case. Thanks. Tacyarg (talk) 11:09, 25 March 2024 (UTC)