“It absolutely makes no sense to me”
It makes PERFECT SENSE to me. If you allow people to behave like animals, many will. The whole point of Christianity was to stop that. In this case, you have FLAMING LIBS running ALL our schools, so they will not only endorse this, they will encourage it.
And...Remember, the next time you meet a government teacher, that they WILLING sought work with and WILLINGLY go to work every day to support and establish an institution that HURTS children. No one is holding a gun to their heads.
None of this nuttiness would happen except that teachers WILLINGLY make it happen. They do it for money!