It seems that she actually couldn't have cared less what was or was not appropriate in the school; the only thing that mattered to her was imposing her ideas upon everyone else...a notion that is not exactly unknown to Islam.
Fortunately, there were enough sane people involved in this matter that her pushing was met with a stronger push back. My great hope is that here in America we will also be ready, willing and able to push back as hard as necessary when the time comes.