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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are parents with unathletic kids who get all worked up about anything that seems to favor athletes.
But by the same token, being in band or choir could count as a music credit too.[/quote]

Back in the early 90's my private high school waived PE, typing and speech class if you were in the band. Looking back it seems ridiculous that the kids playing sports still took PE but the band kids didn't.  It was probably a way to get unathletic kids to join the band. Band also satisfied the music class requirement in 11/12 grades.

The challenge with allowing school sports to count is all of the kids who are active in a sport that the school doesn't offer so they have to participate elsewhere. Do they get a waiver as well?  [/quote]

Hit enter too soon.  Our ds attends a Catholic high school in PA and everyone takes PE every year.  But their twist on it is that the teacher will offer different activities and teach them, but anyone is welcome to opt out and choose walking instead. The walkers either walk the outside track or around the edge of the gym. While walking you are allowed to have your phone to listen to music/audio books. My non athletic son gets 40 min of walking a day and finds every assigned lit book on audio. It has been such a win/win for him.[/quote]

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