This just seems so over the top. Whole point of Chromebooks is that they are minimal devices that can easily be adopted for school work. What I find strange is

This just seems so over the top. Whole point of Chromebooks is that they are minimal devices that can easily be adopted for school work. What I find strange is that OP had to buy their own machine. Anyway even if you somehow convinced the school to change to a Windows based laptops all you'd achieve would be a tier more expensive machines for the kids to use. The school would still require same "spyware" to be installed.