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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To me it means bloated rosters with kids who will never see the field/court [/quote]

I think it is great for schools to strongly encourage sports, but I do not think requiring HS sports is helpful or needed.  I might not mind so much if schools were not insisting that all (or nearly all) students have a school day from 8 something to 5:30pm or 6pm.  If the local top schools would let all of the non-athletes leave campus anywhere between maybe 3:45 and maybe 4:30pm, that would be a huge improvement.

My top-1 school in a different metro took that other approach.  Their rosters were not bloated by non-athletic kids who did not want to be there.   JV/V sports practices were 4:15-5:30pm.  Otherwise all students were dismissed at 4:00pm. There were similar levels of homework to top metro DC schools, but the students were not artificially sleep deprived.  The school consistently placed multiple students at very top schools (HYPS etc.) every year.  There was (and is) a Lacrosse to Ivy to Wall Street pipeline, in addition.  There were no special issues with making friends or having social opportunities with that setup.  So I see the local custom of -requiring- sports in 2 or 3 seasons each year as both unnecessary and not very helpful.

I realize it will not change.  People dislike any form of change.  Do an6 status quo will continue for decades or centuries…
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Local custom? Which school other than STA and NCS require three seasons of sports for every high school year?[/quote]

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