You make a great point about a child not mentioning what they are hearing. They are going to get tired of me prying about it! 
There are a lot of things day to day that are "nothing to write home about". Sexual stuff that's all around you, language, secular culture, materialism, sometimes elitism, just "stuff" that could be at a christian school too but it's much more minimalized and less mainstream. I went to both a Christian school in the 9th grade and also for college so I feel like I have a decent comparison to public schools.
The changes in curriculum and things like that or "policy" would require probably a super observant student to notice the nuances and how implementation is affecting them spiritually. I paid attention a lot and yet I was also exhausted all the time and practically despised school so I doubt I would have felt like I was being affected by new policy but I probably would be in some fashion.
At the same time though I know I was super excited going into middle school because they told the 5th graders in a "meeting" (basically a staff led informercial about middle school) that there was a no bullying policy and I got picked on a LOT in 5th grade that I was super excited. I didn't see anything really different in middle school but I did get picked on less but I guess just because a policy is there does not mean it necessarily has to be prioritized. You see this in law enforcement and in other areas...proritization does have to do with the make-up of the citizenry on a local level and even though federal or state interference can be huge, areas do make a difference.
Take care. The more that happens the more I find it a task to imagine how I would raise children in todays world except being a missionary and sort of going the super alternate route
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