Difficulty in Resource Selection

Throughout my first year of teaching, I have had so much support in my school. My principal is the picture of what a principal should be, my fellow teachers are very supportive, the parents of my students are wonderful, and I truly love my students. The school system is very community-oriented and we all care about each other. However, one area where my school really struggles is in the area of using technology resources. We have a sufficient amount of technology (not too much, but sufficient), but we are extremely limited in what we are allowed to use.

For example, I took a class during undergrad that was all about using technology to support and enhance classroom instruction. I learned SO much, and really planned on using as much of the material from the class as possible. However, one major tenant of this class was focused around using a certain resource: Google Drive. I am a person who has used Google Drive for years; it was instrumental in all of my jobs in college, and I used it during practicums and student teaching. My technology teacher also used it for almost everything, and I was so excited about using it in my classroom. However, our district does not allow teachers to use Google Drive for anything. In fact, it is completely blocked on our computers. Many times throughout this year, I have thought about how useful Google Drive would be in whatever situation (sending a parent survey, editing a collaborative document with the other 3rd grade teacher, communicating with fellow teachers, etc). The rationale that the district provides is that we cannot use Google Drive because the company of Google has many moral and ethical disagreements with the Catholic Church, and we cannot support the company as a result. While I have not done much research about that, it seems like this argument might be a little diluted, and I need to look into it some more.

So, as a first year teacher in a system where we are greatly limited in our options of resources to use, I am torn about what to do exactly. While I have made it work without Google Drive, I know it would make my life easier to be able to use it. I also know that the administration in my school is on the same page as I am in regards to this, so talking to them would not probably help. I need to talk to the people who are higher up on the ladder, but I do not know who to talk to or how to talk to them. I'm planning on reaching out once I have my project done for this module to hopefully have some more definite and concrete answers and arguments for them. Until then, I will make it work with what I have!