Stupid Educator News: School Allow Use Of R Rated Movies In Classroom

From The Chicago Tribune: The Hinsdale Township High School District 86 board is supporting a decision by the superintendent to deny an objection from a parent who wanted to keep R-rated films from being shown in a film as literature class at Hinsdale South High School.
The board voted 4-2 Monday to support the denial. Board members Dianne Barrett and Richard Skoda voted against upholding it.
Parent Victor Casini of Burr Ridge filed an objection last month with the district seeking to stop the showing of portions of the films "Brokeback Mountain" and "American Beauty" in the class in which his 17-year-old son is enrolled. Although the district allows students who object to certain materials to do alternate assignments, Casini complained that would lead to students feeling isolated, judged and deprived of an educational experience.
In order for Superintendent Nick Wahl to make a decision on Casini's objection, the district hired an independent consultant to look at school policies and prepare a report on it.
But Skoda said Monday not all school policies were considered in the 57-page report. He sought to have the district continue to look into whether showing the R-rated movies in-class violates school policies and wether they are age inappropriate for high school students. Other board members did not feel that more consideration was warranted.
Trustee Kay Gallo said the district requires parental permission for students to view the movies in class, and believes it's the parents' responsibility to decide whether their children should see the films. She also noted the class is elective.  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/hinsdale/ct-tl-hinsdale-d86-appeal-ruling-20121025,0,4598681.story
According to the Motion Picture Association of America: R — Restricted. Children Under 17 Require Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian. An R-rated motion picture, in the view of the Rating Board, contains some adult material. http://www.mpaa.org/ratings/what-each-rating-means
I'm pretty sure that parents of kids at Hinsdale will not be forced to bring their parents to attend the class in which R rated movies are being seen.
Further, what possible education value does "Brokeback Mountain" and "American Beauty" possibly have that a PG movie doesn't offer?
This is a horrible decision by the Hinsdale Township High School District.  R rated movies have no place in the education curriculum, even if the class is an elective and if they allow these kind of movies in the classroom, it makes me wonder what else they allow in the school. 
No wonder home schooling is getting more popular.
(And for those wondering, R rated movies are not allowed in CCSD classrooms and in fact, even PG-13 movies may not be allowed either)