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I couldn't tell you all the reasons our district (and as far as I know our state) let them do it (I was glad they did), but it allowed them to do a sport which they would not have been able to do otherwise, so my daughter got to do track and gymnastics in addition to cheerleading. She did dance team the first two years of HS and that was also considered a class, so was debate, drama, band, and various music groups. I guess they would all be considered extracurriculars since they all had after school responsibilities and competitions as well.
I'm not sure how they made a distinction between those extracurriculars and say, wrestling, but I'm guessing part of it had to do with the extra-curriculars that were seasonal as opposed to those that went on throughout the school year (and through part of the summer for some). That's just speculation on my part though.
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