I didn't avoid your question. This is not the Eddie Eagle program. I think that's a good program and of course I wouldn't "keep it out of my child's school." I remain opposed to the schools giving instruction in firearms.
I'm currrently keeping my front end loader busy -- building backstop berms on my own (200 meter) private range -- and have my granddchildren well into airgun training. Soon the eldest (8 yrs) will progress to single-shot .22.
Most of us on this thread need not be concerned about what the government schools will teach our kids (or grandkids) -- because we are doing our own jobs properly.
However, incidents like this Fox News story:
Fifth Grader Takes Gun From Pre-Schooler
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
AUSTIN, Texas — A pre-kindergarten student brought a handgun to school, where it was seized by a fifth-grader and turned over to the principal, school district officials said Tuesday.
scares the ...[whatever]... out of me! (At least I know that my 5th-graders would have known to maintain trigger-finger discipline and keep the muzzle in a safe direction while taking it to authorities -- even if they didn't know how to safe and unload that particular weapon...)
So, I am convinced that it is in our best interest that other kids -- not so fortunate as ours -- get firearms familiarization and safety training including and beyond the "Eddie Eagle" mantra when they are old enough to handle firearms responsibly.
I, for one, would insist that any training done in our schools be done by NRA-certified instructors. (That should also ensure that firearms are presented from a strong RKBA viewpoint.)