From what I understand, there wasn't one single male authority figure at the school. That should say something right there.
When I was in school we feared the principal and the vice principal who were both males. They did not hesitate to bust your ass for getting out of line. Now days it's "counseling" by some dim wit.
Speaking of male authority figures, I remember hearing something about a study that was done of elephants. It seems that young male elephants who do not have grown male elephants around have more behavior problems than those that do.
Males are not supposed to be authority figures today. How many times have you heard women described aprovingly as being strong women but you don’t hear that approval for men being strong. Men were made by God to be the authority figures, that is just the way it is.