text: Another reason I do not agree that every student should have to participate in a after school extracurricular activity is because students already spend a decent amount of time in schools. Superintendent Generic_Name says "most schools in our district have their students in school for around six to seven hours a day." Adding more time for mandatory after school activities would leave less time to work on their homework or study for tests. Making extracurricular activities mandatory will likely resolve in arguments between the school and parents. The parents might argue about how these activities get in the way of their schedule and they won't want to try to work around it.