hi iapearsall,
I'm not sure I really understand what you are trying to do but, I'll give an answer a shot.
How many variations of the school name do you have?
If the 9 schools you mention are the number of variations, is it possible to do a quick update statement on the table in question?
For example,
UPDATE SchoolTable
SET SchoolName = "X"
WHERE SchoolName = "A" OR SchoolName = "B"... etc?
I may be thinking of this in too simple of terms.
Let me know! 🙂
~Steve