I wonder, is it a productive approach to the superintendent concerns? Anecdotal evidence with sample size = 1 (me) points that the more your force your ideologies to me, the more resistance you get from me. I'm still struggling to keep myself agnostic without falling into aggressive atheism exactly because a lot of religious people feel the need to convert me into Christianity. And it works through all my life, with not just religion but with national pride, patriotism, classic literature and really any thing that I do not care of but someone decided to change that forcefully. It is counterproductive with me, but I watch how people are still trying to do it. Does it work?