If the after school activity is a "voluntary participation in an intramural or extracurricular school sport," then the school need only act as a reasonably prudent person under the circumstances; conversely, if the activity is a graded class, then the school will be held to the higher standard of care of a reasonably prudent parent.
For additional information on this topic, please see "The Duty of a New York School to Supervise Its After School Programs" and "Why This NY School Negligence Decision is Really No Big Deal."