14. School policy seeks to ensure that students of all races and ethnicities participate proportionately in a range of extracurricular activities.
In racially and ethnically diverse schools, extracurricular activities may be opportunities for interracial contact in positive settings of shared interest (Brawarsky, 1996; Slavin, 1995; Cohen, 2004). Such activities can also be opportunities for curricular enrichment and the development of leadership and social skills that contribute to success. In diverse schools, are there extracurricular activities that are responsive to the interests of all the different groups? At the same time, are efforts made to encourage students of all races and ethnicities to participate? For example, when students in the school come on buses, does the bus schedule allow for participation in extracurricular activities?
