Rename client computer via ARD and Automator

Does anyone know of a method or action to rename (Computer name) Macs using AppleRemoteDesktop and Automator?
I have over 700 laptops on a school network that I would like to rename based on a tab deliminated text file containing the all the mac (ethernet) addresses and the assocated user.
I have tried sending a unix script and the text file via ARD to change the computer name via scutil, but it doesn't work consistently.

You should be able to use AppleRemoteDesktop to rename the remote computer. Once you are connected to the remote computer, just go to "System Preferences...", and click on "Network" and change the computer name.
If you are a non-administrator of ARD, you may need to turn on the access privilege to rename the remote computer. Go to "Preferences..." in ARD, and click on "Security" button, and turn the access privileges on.

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