Talk:Kentlake High School

Notability
What is the problem with the article? I have just started it and yes it may be incomplete, but feel free to fix or add to it. Emainiac 07:11, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I think the prime problem with the article is the fact that this is a non-notable school. The inclusion of these in Wikipedia is, as I understand it, currently under some debate. I personally take the view that they do not deserve inclusion in much the same way that someone's local business does not deserve inclusion. A secondary problem with this article would be its obvious POV bias. To call a setting "relaxed" does not convey the neutrality expected of an encyclopedic article. Metalrobot 06:39, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Allright. This makes sense. I'm pretty happy with the balance that has been struck with the article now. I would like to see it expanded, but until something major happens, this will do. Emainiac 11:22, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Allright, enough ego petting. Yes, the newspaper is cool, but you have to admit that cutting off the entire end of an article is an error.

Emainiac

POV Dispute
I'm not sure what's going on with the POV of the article. We obviously have some vandalism and bias issues in the Newspaper section due to the defensiveness of those directly involved with the creation of the paper.

I would like some help controlling the vandalism against this article, considering it's an article about a high school and "holds a special place in the hearts of many" and this can bring up disputed and territory wars. I was wondering if we could close this article to only be editable by registered users or something like that. I'm gonna go fix some issues with the article right now, and we'll see if that resolves any POV issues. Emainiac 22:56, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Unnecessary non-encylcopedic additions
The whole section on photography sounded like a pamphlet advertisement with no real factual data or neutrality —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Litehawk (talk • contribs) 01:44, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

Moreover the entire talk of architechture down to its comparison to a small hell is both unfounded and unneccesary. Yes you may go to this school, but that does not give you an excuse to place uncited and poorly written information on here.

The whole article is unnecessary Scott 22:25, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

This statement may be a bit biased since I went to the school and hated it, but I have to agree the article is wholly necessary. And yes, the architecture screams "prison" and "hell". 67.183.173.75 (talk) 07:06, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

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Notability
Can someone explain to me why there is an article on this seemingly normal high school? Alan 16 talk  22:30, 17 April 2009 (UTC)


 * It may be helpfull to point out High Schools always have notability (local notability is still notability) or there would not be an article on any of these: List of high schools in Washington -- GoldMan60  ¤  Talk  22:17, 19 April 2009 (UTC)


 * That is a personal opinion. One with which I disagree. There is no Wikipedia policy stating that all high schools are notable. Alan 16  talk  22:37, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

If you wish to comment on this topic further please do so in this articles AFD page, as that is where the notability debate is now going on -- GoldMan60  ¤  Talk  05:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

notability of alumni
Three alumni are currently listed: While all three have references and indications of notability, none of them currently have wiki articles, so their names are redlinked. This is an FYI because there may be some drive-by editing to remove their redlinked names. It'd be better if articles were created, which would keep this talk page from turning into a notability discussion about the school and about the individuals. tedder (talk) 04:36, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Stuart Clay
 * Shane Simmons
 * Courtney Thompson

Motto
I'm having a hard time believing that a school opened in 1996 in the suburbs of politically correct/sensitive Seattle would have a motto that includes "Falcon 'til I die." The motto was first added by an IP in this revision dated 23 July 2007. I can find no mention of the motto on the school website, but to be fair, I'm sure you couldn't find my own high school's motto on the internet. If this in fact is the motto, then great, I'll move on. Can someone figure out if the motto on the article truly is or is not the school's motto? KuyaBriBri Talk 22:36, 21 April 2009 (UTC)


 * It sounded a little bit quackish to me, but I didn't research it. I'll remove it. tedder (talk) 22:51, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Alumnus here, the motto has been changed to reflect the official motto as noted on the official school crest.24.18.18.91 (talk) 06:43, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Significance of Kent lake HS
I noticed that on the description of the school that it they welcomed their first student body in grades 10-12. Actually, it was only 10 & 11 grades, there were no seniors the first year. This was due to the fact that just 3 years before the area opened Cedar Heights Jr. High and the students that were moved from their jr. highs in 9th grade to attend Cedar Heights (due to the boundary changes) would have been the majority of those that would have been moved to Kentlake for their senior year, thus it was decided to open the school with only sophomores and juniors and allow the seniors of 1998 to graduate at their original high schools. I am not an expert on high schools, but I have not heard about that happening before.

Also Kentlake was centered in the debate over the city of Covington. Covington became a city in 1998, incorporating itself into King County, but was still considered an off chute of Kent. During the process of naming the school, there was a major debate whether to include "Kent" in the name since it is not located in Kent, but in Covington (though technically, I believe it has a Black Diamond address). The name of the high school was another way of Covington showing their independence and separation from Kent. Many Covington area residents wanted the school to be named Covington-Sawyer High School (after Lake Sawyer, the closest lake to the school). However, it was decided that because the school was a part of the Kent School district it would be called "Kent" with a "nature" word attached like the rest of the high schools in the district.

I don't have any verifiable source of this info other than being an member of the graduating class of 1999 from Kentlake...pretty sure there were no seniors though, I would have noticed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kitkatters (talk • contribs) 08:08, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Clean-up
Due to vandalism, various dates appear inconsistent through multiple iterations of the article. Someone with reliable knowledge of the school district should make the necessary changes and provide functioning references. Mephistophelian † 20:51, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Sex controversy
I cut down the information about the sexual misconduct incident to a single short paragraph. Much of it was just a lot of unencyclopedic detail, and some details, like the part about breaking up with the girlfriend/being suicidal and the jacuzzi, weren't even mentioned in either source given. Too much detail also raises privacy questions. Feel free to revert if you disagree with me, but please consider this first. 71.113.38.220 (talk) 05:04, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 11 May 2012
Could you please add the Kentlake Falcon Football website to the list of external links?

Kentlake Falcon Football http://kentlakefalconfootball.com/

Thank you! Jim Summer admin@kentlakefalconfootball.com

98.232.36.149 (talk) 01:05, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Is there a reason this link should be added above other links (like, for instance, the volleyball or baseball team websites?) ~Adjwilley (talk) 23:38, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Protection has expired, so the requester is now able to make the change themselves, closing request. Monty  845  05:34, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

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62% white student population
Is the definition of diverse really a majority non-white population? Would a majority black or Hispanic population be considered diverse even if it really wasn't? 108.38.35.162 (talk) 23:40, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

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