Greenwood, S.C., has been grappling with a tough education issue: the name of its new elementary school. The children of Greenwood (pop. 60,000) were given an opportunity to recommend and vote on names, and the winner, by a 3-to-1 ratio: Springfield.

Some parents were outraged. Springfield, they said, happens to be the name of the school that Bart Simpson attends in the television show "The Simpsons."

"Parents said Bart Simpson has no respect for authority, especially school authority," said FURMAN MILLER JR., the public-relations specialist for Greenwood School District 50.

But other parents argued that the school district got exactly what it had asked for: input from the children.