“It is far better to adjust the school’s behavior than to roll over and play dead.”
Do you REALLY BELIEVE that you can control decisions made by your schools, when you don’t even pay for them (as far as they’re concerned)? If so, you will learn a lot, the hard way.
I'm 66 years old. I know quite a lot about "Imperial Entanglements".
Recently I learned how to have some influence in the school system. The County is now in the process of equipping a wonderful machine shop to my specifications so that I can teach high school kids how to build robots AFTER HOURS. It turns out that there are very good people within school systems, it just takes time to learn who they are and to gain their confidence.
Weird things do go on in schools; however, there are many within who wage our battle in subtle ways. I have learned first hand that an old conservative curmudgeon like myself can influence school decisions in significant ways. Also, my very non-PC approach has endeared me with my insiders.