My older kid took the bus home, ate a lot in the afternoons, rested, texted friends or did whatever they do on cell phones and then went to sports practices later. He never stayed after for clubs or with teachers.

My younger child will be in 7th next year and I suspect she will join some clubs and stay after on some of the days. Other days she will come home, eat and likely text friends before practices too.

Older DS rarely had homework, even for math. I’m not expecting it to be any different now.

MS early start is quite challenging. My kid has to be on the bus stop at 6.45 am. First weeks of MS he was excited and tried to follow thru the after school activities, after a while he come home exhausting and just want to take a nap, he complained that he is tired. He then dropped after school only 1-2 times a week. I just let him be, because after all his mental health is more important. After school he will either take a nap, do discord (with his friends he just meet at school), mess around with his instruments, play video games, read, chores and homework. Time fly fast in a day.
Honestly, school almost over, we are crawling to there, and if he finished it strong without any drama I would be thankful.

Our school has a very active after school program.

Hopefully they get to just be kids and play/hang out with friends. They are kids after all.