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I can understand how difficult it would be to call your son or daughter by a different name. But if I am introduced to someone, and they tell me their name is Molly; I'm gonna call them Molly. You'd have to be a real piece of work to go out of your way to call them something else.
But then again, paperwork and role call, etc for the school -- How was that printed out? Because I am fucked when it comes to names and remembering shit. If roll had "Greg" printed on it, but Greg wanted to be called "Molly"; I'd have a hard time flipping that in my head every day when I'm reading one thing and having to change it to another. It's like that mental test where you read the word "Blue" but the word is in red and you're supposed to say what color the word is.
So I'd like to know - did identification from the school match their preferred names? If not; why not? The school might be just as at-fault here.
I feel like remembering people's names properly is a superpower teachers have. I sure as Hell don't understand how they manage it, but in my experience they consistently manage it.
(Besides, I assume they could just annotate the attendance list with the preferred names/pronouns on the first day of school.)
Was a teacher. I used tricks like assigned seating with a name chart until I learned each name. It's just repetition, and anyone could do it. Usually took me about a week to get them all. And if you forget a name during that week, you just ask. It's not a big deal. I would always say something like, "Sorry, I know you. I'm getting it."