Oh yeah I guess they do that

It’s a combination of stuff like this, learning about the basics of running an organization, and probably some “here’s stuff kids can do outside of class.”

When I was in high school they got us a communal microwave to use, which was neat I guess

In Argentina some pull strikes and protests for better school conditions and usually for political causes too. See the recent abortion legalization campaing, the historic student free-transit pass (that earned them being kidnapped tortured and killed by the last dictatorship), and the usual “this school is fucking crumbling you dipshits, we gonna block the streets until shit gets repaired you fucking shitstains”