Both of my(homeschooled) boys have been participating for years in the Public School soccer league --- as a lot of the hs kids do -- and nobody has ever raised an eyebrow.
I'd love to have a homeschool band. But because of the small number of hs-ers in the area, particularly in the teen years, we've never been able to organize one.
It's odd that, at present, when homeschoolers don't join in with others, we're called "cultish," but when we do want to join in, we can be criticized as "interlopers."
I personally think that as homeschooling becomes more common, more school districts will adopt a commonsense approach (as ours did) and open up the extracurricular activities to all kids in the district. It gives the kids more opportunities, it makes the team or band better, and it pays off richly in mutual good will.
That is all I am saying.
Yes! Said more clearly than me with the conclusion I want! All people paid by government taxes should be required to be community-freindly. All these public service unions have become little socialist cells and enclaves. It is time to make public service respectable again. It is 75 years from 1930 and it is time for a change here, don't you think?