Answer the shameful.
I am ashamed to ask:

So do not pay to the class fund, let the child not attend the holidays, everyone will go to the holiday, and he will go home, does not get a gift with everyone on the New Year's tree, does not congratulate the favorite teacher with the whole class, but humbly stands on the side.

A friend tried to fight and not pay. The child started cutting scores and asking about transfer to another school.

Are the higher instances aware of and support the actions of the school administration?

I know of a case when too principled parents were told that you would not go to any school in our district. So the upper ones are not only aware, they also discharge the beams from above.