School Attendance

I've been trying to do a high school role-play and its just been so draining because I just feel like it would be so harmless and much better if we could naturally pick some sims that we want to be in attendance, rather than it only being bots there. I feel like just a little more thought into the high school years pack itself would be appreciated but having to download mods just to get certain sims to come to school feels a bit excessive if you ask me.