In my middle/high school, religion didn't even get mentioned.. pretty much. Aside from philosophy class, of course, where it got thoroughly kicked in the butt XD
I know of other schools in the area, though, which have religious undertones. One of them is a 'christian school', apparently though only to the extent that they read a passage from the bible at the start of the day (which itself even depends on whether you have the teacher who has the motivation to do so). So that's pretty much the furthest they go.. Aside from that, they have classes on 'life perspectives' where they handle all kinds of religions and several philosophical views.
In my view, I'm pretty much on your side.. Education should be all about thorough education. Teaching culture, language, math, logic and reasoning, and science, the consensus therein and the issues/controversies. If you call yourself a christian school, that's fine. If you want to teach christianity/any other religion, fine as well, as long as it stays in a separate class.
If the situation really is that bad, and it persists, there might be ways to fight the good fight. I'm sure there are.. Complaints, letters and suggestions en masse, getting parents involved (en masse, of course), establishing some sort of student participation group to help in the betterment of the school (because remember, the demographic in schools that knows best what the quality of the education is, is the student him/herself ).
So I'd say get involved somehow.
... though in a respectful way of course.. No need to argue, to get mad, or to get violent and stuff.. I bet to you that if you get organized, get your thoughts together, get the students and their parents involved (if only by collecting their names, complaints, and signatures), and the higher-up folks noted, and all that in an organized, cohesive, well-said, non-aggressive way, you might stand a chance, more so than you might think. Do not underestimate the power of the organized action of the masses for a just cause
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