It’s been a common thing to show films in school during this tail end of the school year.
In April, many schools had their Sat Tests, followed by several final exams. Some teachers figure the kids need a light schedule, if they ‘earned it’ in the last quarter by showing good behavior. I used to work as part time Teacher’s Aide from 2001 to about 2007.
Sounds like a major lack of rigor.
Some of the good Chartered schools are more structured, and continue usual assigments at least until a week after Memorial Day. By the time the first week of June is done, most minds are no longer on school, except for some Seniors who will need to go to Summer School in order to graduate with their friends.