Django Multi-Table Inheritance VS Specifying Explicit OneToOne Relationship in Models

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I don't think I would inherit the User model, rather use a custom UserProfile - leaving the contrib.auth model alone. With the custom UserProfile model, you could setup a base user profile model that can be a part of all your different user types.

Just looking at it quickly, too, I would look carefully at any models that repeat all the same fields (like your last two Principle and Administrator models). Combining the built in group functionality with the user profile idea may do what you are looking for.