TLDR just read the last paragraph..
So my schooling was late 80's, the 90's and early 2000s'. I guess I'll also mention I was born and raised in Utah.
As far as this woke new age agenda, I never encountered it. I guess I'll count myself lucky. There are a few weird things though..
I could be categorized as "troubled" when I was a kid. I never did any serious harm, but I was a troublemaker at times. I was not a bully, I didn't pick on anybody. I didn't do drugs or drink or anything like that. I really think any mischief I was involved in was normal and just normal kid stuff.
So let's intersect that with my experience at school. This is elementary. I got in trouble. A lot. I would get ISS, In School Suspension. This mostly consisted of sticking my nose against the wall at recess. Instead of being able to play I would stick my nose against the wall. That was the punishment.
From everything I can remember that was fair. I never stuck my nose against the wall and thought "this shouldn't be happening". Maybe nowadays I don't think this should happen but I digress..
Around the 3rd grade my teacher stopped sending me to I.S.S. To me I really thought she was doing me a favor. Instead I would get sent to the "utility room". Where I would do my work by myself. No teachers, no students, nobody, I was alone in the room. My parents were never notified, I was happy with the arrangement, and that's just how things went.
Did that corrective behavior work? Maybe. Around 4th grade my misbehavior certainly died down.
I do find it troubling that my parents had no idea what was going on. Even though looking back I don't find anything particularly troubling, I find it downright disturbing that my school kept all of this a secret from my parents. They had no idea any of this was happening.
Again I think in my particular situation it was benign. But thinking about nowadays with woke agendas rampant. Teachers teaching politics out in the open. It's sad to think where kids are now.
However, right now, I'm more interested in what your school life was like. Did you see even the hints of this woke agenda as a kid? How long has this occupation really been going on? Things I've read make me think it's decades in the making. But I never saw it. And maybe that's just from the state I lived in. I'd be interested to hear from you.
Started school in 1974. Kids got the strap from the Principal if they disrupted the class or were disrespectful to the teacher. Kids played rough and fought often. Teachers were strict in the classroom and demanded attention and learning. Had one teacher, old lady, that would hit kids in the head with a yard stick at times. She hit me across my lower back with it one day for whispering. My kidneys let go, had to walk home at lunch time and put on clean pants. I loved learning though and it was a break from things going on at home. I was 'different' than the other kids, quiet. and eager to learn. Had very few friends. Graduated High School in 86. After working for a year, I went to University. Graduated in 1992. There was no woke ideology. Had one teacher that was an obvious alcoholic. (High School) Had it in his coffee cup at all times, everyone knew. They could smell it. Years later, I found out my female English teacher was having sex with some of the boys who were getting bad grades and didn't want to fail. (Always wondered how they ended up passing the grade, now I know). These two teachers married each other shortly after I graduated. My favorite teacher was Mrs. Parker, (grade9). She had a wooden arm and she'd hit the boys with it if they acted out. Loved her.
I forget all these things that you mention. I suppose they happened in all schools back then. lol