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From: RAF@CU.NIH.GOV ("Roger Fajman")
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Subject: Re:  naming of K-12 school districts
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Date: 15 Jun 91 20:12:35 GMT
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> We are setting up some back-door connections for local K-12 schools.
> I'm really unsure as to what I should do about naming for them.  It
> seems that schools are so commonly named that there will just be
> too many jefferson.edu's to make any sense of the matter.  Any ideas
> out there on a nice scheme?

How about using the US domain?  The schools could be given names like

   jefferson-hs.eugene.or.us

Suffixes other than -hs would be used for schools other than high
schools.

Roger Fajman                                   Telephone:  +1 301 402 1246
National Institutes of Health                  BITNET:     RAF@NIHCU
Bethesda, Maryland, USA                        Internet:   RAF@CU.NIH.GOV