In regards to your question, your relationship with the administration is more like you are a ward of the government during the school hours. Your care and well being is their primary concern because they are the ones that will be held responsible if you get hurt.

Students are people who are still in the formation stage of life. Students do not have a fully developed mind yet nor do they have the experience to be critical examiners of the elders around them.

The people who decide the curriculum for any given public school are really those outside the school system, this is made up of the school board, and public government.

The curriculum that students are required to learn is determined by what the society and employers want the students to know or be able to do when they graduate.

The administrators and teachers are the people who are to make sure that the curriculum is taught to the students.