diff --git a/admin/schools.php b/admin/schools.php
index a8f15f5..3fade4c 100644
--- a/admin/schools.php
+++ b/admin/schools.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 		/* Load existing entry if it exists, else make an entry if
 		 * there is data, else, do nothing */
 		if($i['principal_uid'] > 0) 
-			$pl = user_load_by_uid($i['principal_uid']);
+			$pl = user_load_($i['principal_uid']);
 		else if($first != '' && $last != '') {
 			$pl = user_create('principal', "*$first$last".user_generate_password());
 			$principal_update = "principal_uid='{$pl['uid']}',";
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 		 * to insert */
 		$sh = false;
 		if($i['sciencehead_uid'] > 0) {
-			$sh = user_load_by_uid($i['sciencehead_uid']);
+			$sh = user_load($i['sciencehead_uid']);
 			/* It's possile for sh to be false now, happens when the user is
 			 * deleted outside the school editor, this condition needs to be
 			 * fixed.  If we let it go, the saving the teacher info will
@@ -167,21 +167,55 @@
 		mysql_query("UPDATE schools SET include_olympics = TRUE WHERE id IN $olympicString");
 		mysql_query("UPDATE schools SET include_olympics = FALSE WHERE id NOT IN $olympicString");
 	}
+	else if($_POST['action']=="copy") {
+		$oldConfId=intval($_POST['copyconference']);
+		$newConfId=intval($conference['id']);
+		if($oldConfId && $newConfId) {
 
-	if($_GET['action']=="delete" && $_GET['delete'])
-	{
+			$q=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM schools WHERE conferences_id=$oldConfId");
+
+			while($r=mysql_fetch_object($q)) {
+				$puid = ($r->principal_uid == null) ? 'NULL' : ("'".intval($r->principal_uid)."'");
+				$shuid = ($r->sciencehead_uid == null) ? 'NULL' : ("'".intval($r->sciencehead_uid)."'");
+
+				mysql_query("INSERT INTO schools (school,schoollang,schoollevel,board,district,phone,fax,address,city,province_code,postalcode,principal_uid,schoolemail,sciencehead_uid,accesscode,lastlogin,junior,intermediate,senior,registration_password,projectlimit,projectlimitper,conferences_id) VALUES (
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->school)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->schoollang)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->schoollevel)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->board)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->district)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->phone)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->fax)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->address)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->city)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->province_code)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->postalcode)."',$puid,
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->schoolemail)."',$shuid,
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->accesscode)."',
+					NULL,
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->junior)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->intermediate)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->senior)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->registration_password)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->projectlimit)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($r->projectlimitper)."',
+					'".mysql_real_escape_string($newConfId)."')");
+			}
+			$notice="copied";
+		}
+	}
+
+	if($_GET['action']=="delete" && $_GET['delete']) {
 		mysql_query("DELETE FROM schools WHERE id='".$_GET['delete']."'");
 		$notice = 'deleted';
 	}
 
-	if($_GET['action']=="clearaccesscodes")
-	{
+	if($_GET['action']=="clearaccesscodes") {
 		mysql_query("UPDATE schools SET accesscode=NULL WHERE conferences_id='{$conference['id']}'");
 		$notice = 'clearaccess';
 	}
 
-	if($_GET['action']=="makeaccesscodes")
-	{
+	if($_GET['action']=="makeaccesscodes") {
 		$q=mysql_query("SELECT id FROM schools WHERE conferences_id='{$conference['id']}' AND (accesscode IS NULL OR accesscode='')");
 		while($r=mysql_fetch_object($q))
 		{
@@ -192,9 +226,7 @@
 		$notice = 'makeaccess';
 	}
 
-	if($_GET['action']=="edit" || $_GET['action']=="add")
-	{
-
+	if($_GET['action']=="edit" || $_GET['action']=="add") {
  		send_header(($_GET['action']=='edit') ? "Edit School" : "Add New School",
  		array('Committee Main' => 'committee_main.php',
 			'Administration' => 'admin/index.php',
@@ -255,7 +287,7 @@
 		echo "<tr><td>".i18n("Fax")."</td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"fax\" value=\"".htmlspecialchars($r->fax)."\" size=\"16\" maxlength=\"16\" /></td></tr>\n";
 
 		if($r->principal_uid > 0) 
-			$pl = user_load_by_uid($r->principal_uid);
+			$pl = user_load($r->principal_uid);
 		else
 			$pl = array();
 		echo "<tr><td>".i18n("Principal")."</td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"principal\" value=\"".htmlspecialchars($pl['name'])."\" size=\"60\" maxlength=\"64\" /></td></tr>\n";
@@ -263,7 +295,7 @@
 		echo "<tr><td>".i18n("Access Code")."</td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"accesscode\" value=\"".htmlspecialchars($r->accesscode)."\" size=\"32\" maxlength=\"32\" /></td></tr>\n";
 		echo "<tr><td colspan=2><br /><b>".i18n("Science head/teacher or science fair contact at school")."</b></td></tr>";
 		if($r->sciencehead_uid > 0) 
-			$sh = user_load_by_uid($r->sciencehead_uid);
+			$sh = user_load($r->sciencehead_uid);
 		else 
 			$sh = array();
 		/* Don't show autogenerated emails */
@@ -313,7 +345,6 @@
 
 
 	}
-
 	else if($_GET['action'] == 'participation')
 	{
 		send_header(
@@ -353,8 +384,32 @@
 		echo "</form>\n";
 
 	}
-	else
-	{
+	else if($_GET['action']=="copy") {
+ 		send_header("School Management",
+ 		array('Committee Main' => 'committee_main.php',
+			'Administration' => 'admin/index.php'),
+            "schools_management"
+				);
+		echo "<form method=\"post\" action=\"schools.php\">";
+		echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"action\" value=\"copy\">\n";
+		echo i18n("Choose a conference to copy schools from");
+		echo "<br />";
+		$q=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM conferences WHERE id!='{$conference['id']}' ORDER BY id DESC");
+		echo mysql_error();
+		echo "<select name=\"copyconference\">";
+		echo "<option value=\"\">".i18n("Choose a Conference")."</option>\n";
+		while($r=mysql_fetch_object($q)) {
+			$numq=mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) AS c FROM schools WHERE conferences_id='{$r->id}'");
+			$numr=mysql_fetch_object($numq);
+			echo "<option value=\"{$r->id}\">{$r->name} ($numr->c schools)</option>\n";
+		}
+		echo "</select>\n";
+		echo "<input type=\"submit\" value=\"".i18n("Copy Schools")."\">";
+		echo "</form>\n";
+
+	}
+
+	else {
  		send_header("School Management",
  		array('Committee Main' => 'committee_main.php',
 			'Administration' => 'admin/index.php'),
@@ -363,25 +418,30 @@
 
 		switch($notice) {
 		case 'added':
-			echo happy("School successfully added");
+			echo happy(i18n("School successfully added"));
 			break;
 		case 'saved':
-			echo happy("Successfully saved changes to school");
+			echo happy(i18n("Successfully saved changes to school"));
 			break;
 		case 'deleted':
-			echo happy("School successfully deleted");
+			echo happy(i18n("School successfully deleted"));
 			break;
 		case 'clearaccess':
-			echo happy("Access Codes successfully cleared from all schools");
+			echo happy(i18n("Access Codes successfully cleared from all schools"));
 			break;
 		case 'makeaccess':
-			echo happy("Access Codes successfully set for schools that didn't have one");
+			echo happy(i18n("Access Codes successfully set for schools that didn't have one"));
+			break;
+		case 'copied':
+			echo happy(i18n("Schools successfully copied from other conference"));
 			break;
 		}
 
 		echo "<br />";
 		echo "<a href=\"schools.php?action=add\">".i18n("Add new school")."</a>\n";
 		echo "<br />";
+		echo "<a href=\"schools.php?action=copy\">".i18n("Copy schools from a difference conference")."</a>\n";
+		echo "<br />";
 		echo "<a href=\"schoolsimport.php?action=add\">".i18n("Import schools from CSV")."</a>\n";
 		echo "<br />";
 		echo "<a href=\"schools.php?action=makeaccesscodes\">".i18n("Create Access Code for any school without one")."</a>\n";
@@ -413,10 +473,9 @@
 			echo " <td>$r->school</td>\n";
 			echo " <td>$r->address, $r->city, $r->postalcode</td>\n";
 			echo " <td>$r->phone</td>\n";
-
 			$sciencehead = '';
 			if($r->sciencehead_uid > 0) {
-				$sh = user_load_by_uid($r->sciencehead_uid);
+				$sh = user_load($r->sciencehead_uid);
 				$sciencehead = $sh['name'];
 			}
 			echo " <td>$sciencehead</td>\n";