Sports at Commonwealth (Boston)

jtk09
Wed, 28 Dec 2022 23:17:20 +0000

Hi: I am surprised to see this school requiring 6h/week of sports during 2/3 of the academic year. It seems that there is also a required one term of team sports with frequent meets (competitions) in 9th or 10th grade taking place all over the greater Boston area. On days with meets, the total time spent participating and especially commuting for hours (potentially to the other side of Boston!) would make for very long days (and leave little time for homework or other activities).
Our kid is not very sportive, and I suspect a lot of kids that this school caters to could be in the same situation. Is there a strategy to avoid some of this and make this bearable/feasible?