The first corn snake I ever hatched went to my Mom as a classroom pet. (She used to teach 2nd grade) She had it for many years until she retired then the snake came back to me. I think that every student in the school handled that snake at one time or another and she never had any problems or caught any flack for it from the administration. Unfortunatly it seems that more and more administrators are all about CYA rather then education these days.

And that's pretty much the key right there. It's usually the superintendent that has the final say, if you can win them over you're home free. Just make sure that it is SECURELY caged with NO POSSIBILITY to escape. Otherwise you could find yourself as a featured story in the town newspaper.