but I AM CATHOLIC.
Then I'd point you away from Rome and to Christ, and His saving Gospel, for all I was worth. But, this being FR, that plea will be buried soon.
As to the school problem, I'm a big fan of HSing if you can do it. But if they're doing wrong and Rome is always right, tell Rome on them. Should be no problem.
To everyone else scandalized at my view: he asked. I responded. Hello? "BibChr"? My aiming at being a Biblically-faithful Christian hasn't exactly been a secret for the last <10 years.
Depending on whether it's a parish school or ordinary (that is, taught independent of the diocese, by a specific order), a meeting with the teacher and the principal, to clarify what was meant, might be in order.