Banneker vs. Walls

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here of an accepted student at Banneker I have heard the summer program is from July 5-29 from 9-12 but I have not heard anything from the school yet.

Congrats to your student! It sounds like it must not be "required" since you haven't heard from school about it. If that's the case it's nice to have it in place for kids who may feel they need it or want to do extra summer studies. I hope the school year goes well!

Current parent here. It’s required. The school can be very slow with communications. They will reach out closer to the end of the year. Last year, I ended up calling to confirm because I was scheduling summer trips and sports camp. They are extremely friendly and open to questions.

I don’t get why summer school is required for incoming students. That’s ridiculous.

It’s really not required. There is no way a school can kick a kid out for not attending. Schools can’t rescind enrollment offers for anything at this point.

It is required per previous parent. You are just saying they can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I suspect it’s like remedial summer school to try to catch the kids up to speed before 9th grade.

They do assessments for class placement and team building.

Great. They still can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I feel like people really don’t have a sense of DCPS and the policies around high school. They don’t kick kids out, period. You can throw a chair at a teacher and they won’t prevent you from coming back to the school, they certainly won’t kick a high performing kid attending Banneker for not going to summer bridge.

Sure, I guess. But if you don’t want to do BSI maybe Banneker isn’t for you. There are plenty of great options in DC.

That’s not true about many great options and that’s ridiculous to weed out kids who don’t have five weeks to spend in summer school. Also as a side note what kid wants to do summer programs at Walls or Banneker? That shouldn’t be a deciding factor for attending those schools.

So your saying a student can't sacrifice 5 weeks for one summer to attend a program? Really? I am so confused. As adults we all do things that we may not want to do. What lessons are we teaching our children?

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here of an accepted student at Banneker I have heard the summer program is from July 5-29 from 9-12 but I have not heard anything from the school yet.

Congrats to your student! It sounds like it must not be "required" since you haven't heard from school about it. If that's the case it's nice to have it in place for kids who may feel they need it or want to do extra summer studies. I hope the school year goes well!

Current parent here. It’s required. The school can be very slow with communications. They will reach out closer to the end of the year. Last year, I ended up calling to confirm because I was scheduling summer trips and sports camp. They are extremely friendly and open to questions.

I don’t get why summer school is required for incoming students. That’s ridiculous.

It’s really not required. There is no way a school can kick a kid out for not attending. Schools can’t rescind enrollment offers for anything at this point.

It is required per previous parent. You are just saying they can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I suspect it’s like remedial summer school to try to catch the kids up to speed before 9th grade.

They do assessments for class placement and team building.

Great. They still can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I feel like people really don’t have a sense of DCPS and the policies around high school. They don’t kick kids out, period. You can throw a chair at a teacher and they won’t prevent you from coming back to the school, they certainly won’t kick a high performing kid attending Banneker for not going to summer bridge.

Sure, I guess. But if you don’t want to do BSI maybe Banneker isn’t for you. There are plenty of great options in DC.

That’s not true about many great options and that’s ridiculous to weed out kids who don’t have five weeks to spend in summer school. Also as a side note what kid wants to do summer programs at Walls or Banneker? That shouldn’t be a deciding factor for attending those schools.

So your saying a student can't sacrifice 5 weeks for one summer to attend a program? Really? I am so confused. As adults we all do things that we may not want to do. What lessons are we teaching our children?

If they’d announced dates in January, or even in April, I’d agree. But I also teach my kids to plan ahead. To respect others’ time. And to not spend the whole summer sitting around doing nothing.

None of those lessons is compatible with a mandatory summer program that isn’t announced until the last possible minute. (It’s not even clear how many weeks it will be: they said 3 at the interview, but someone on this thread seems sure it’s 5. DCPS has announced the same 1-week summer bridge for all high schools.)

Our summer is now booked. The 6-week window we left for Banneker back in January has been whittled down to 2. If they need my kid outside of those 2 weeks, we’ll have to reschedule or renegotiate. That’s how adults deal with things that come up at the last minute.

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here of an accepted student at Banneker I have heard the summer program is from July 5-29 from 9-12 but I have not heard anything from the school yet.

Congrats to your student! It sounds like it must not be "required" since you haven't heard from school about it. If that's the case it's nice to have it in place for kids who may feel they need it or want to do extra summer studies. I hope the school year goes well!

Current parent here. It’s required. The school can be very slow with communications. They will reach out closer to the end of the year. Last year, I ended up calling to confirm because I was scheduling summer trips and sports camp. They are extremely friendly and open to questions.

I don’t get why summer school is required for incoming students. That’s ridiculous.

It’s really not required. There is no way a school can kick a kid out for not attending. Schools can’t rescind enrollment offers for anything at this point.

It is required per previous parent. You are just saying they can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I suspect it’s like remedial summer school to try to catch the kids up to speed before 9th grade.

They do assessments for class placement and team building.

Great. They still can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I feel like people really don’t have a sense of DCPS and the policies around high school. They don’t kick kids out, period. You can throw a chair at a teacher and they won’t prevent you from coming back to the school, they certainly won’t kick a high performing kid attending Banneker for not going to summer bridge.

Sure, I guess. But if you don’t want to do BSI maybe Banneker isn’t for you. There are plenty of great options in DC.

That’s not true about many great options and that’s ridiculous to weed out kids who don’t have five weeks to spend in summer school. Also as a side note what kid wants to do summer programs at Walls or Banneker? That shouldn’t be a deciding factor for attending those schools.

So your saying a student can't sacrifice 5 weeks for one summer to attend a program? Really? I am so confused. As adults we all do things that we may not want to do. What lessons are we teaching our children?

If they’d announced dates in January, or even in April, I’d agree. But I also teach my kids to plan ahead. To respect others’ time. And to not spend the whole summer sitting around doing nothing.

None of those lessons is compatible with a mandatory summer program that isn’t announced until the last possible minute. (It’s not even clear how many weeks it will be: they said 3 at the interview, but someone on this thread seems sure it’s 5. DCPS has announced the same 1-week summer bridge for all high schools.)

Our summer is now booked. The 6-week window we left for Banneker back in January has been whittled down to 2. If they need my kid outside of those 2 weeks, we’ll have to reschedule or renegotiate. That’s how adults deal with things that come up at the last minute.

THIS. Our kid was recruited to work as a paid summer camp counselor in February.

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here of an accepted student at Banneker I have heard the summer program is from July 5-29 from 9-12 but I have not heard anything from the school yet.

Congrats to your student! It sounds like it must not be "required" since you haven't heard from school about it. If that's the case it's nice to have it in place for kids who may feel they need it or want to do extra summer studies. I hope the school year goes well!

Current parent here. It’s required. The school can be very slow with communications. They will reach out closer to the end of the year. Last year, I ended up calling to confirm because I was scheduling summer trips and sports camp. They are extremely friendly and open to questions.

I don’t get why summer school is required for incoming students. That’s ridiculous.

It’s really not required. There is no way a school can kick a kid out for not attending. Schools can’t rescind enrollment offers for anything at this point.

It is required per previous parent. You are just saying they can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I suspect it’s like remedial summer school to try to catch the kids up to speed before 9th grade.

They do assessments for class placement and team building.

Great. They still can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I feel like people really don’t have a sense of DCPS and the policies around high school. They don’t kick kids out, period. You can throw a chair at a teacher and they won’t prevent you from coming back to the school, they certainly won’t kick a high performing kid attending Banneker for not going to summer bridge.

Sure, I guess. But if you don’t want to do BSI maybe Banneker isn’t for you. There are plenty of great options in DC.

That’s not true about many great options and that’s ridiculous to weed out kids who don’t have five weeks to spend in summer school. Also as a side note what kid wants to do summer programs at Walls or Banneker? That shouldn’t be a deciding factor for attending those schools.

So your saying a student can't sacrifice 5 weeks for one summer to attend a program? Really? I am so confused. As adults we all do things that we may not want to do. What lessons are we teaching our children?

If they’d announced dates in January, or even in April, I’d agree. But I also teach my kids to plan ahead. To respect others’ time. And to not spend the whole summer sitting around doing nothing.

None of those lessons is compatible with a mandatory summer program that isn’t announced until the last possible minute. (It’s not even clear how many weeks it will be: they said 3 at the interview, but someone on this thread seems sure it’s 5. DCPS has announced the same 1-week summer bridge for all high schools.)

Our summer is now booked. The 6-week window we left for Banneker back in January has been whittled down to 2. If they need my kid outside of those 2 weeks, we’ll have to reschedule or renegotiate. That’s how adults deal with things that come up at the last minute.

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Thank you! It’s mid May and who wants their rising ninth grader sitting around the house for 9 weeks? People plan activities, trips, etc. in the summer. And those plans don’t happen in May. This is Banneker’s problem, not the parents of incoming students.

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PP again but really any school that ‘mandates’ a summer program should have those dates set by the day the lottery results come out. Then parents can make informed decisions and plan ahead. Or not accept a spot at a school where they don’t want to give up five weeks in the summer.

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here of an accepted student at Banneker I have heard the summer program is from July 5-29 from 9-12 but I have not heard anything from the school yet.

Congrats to your student! It sounds like it must not be "required" since you haven't heard from school about it. If that's the case it's nice to have it in place for kids who may feel they need it or want to do extra summer studies. I hope the school year goes well!

Current parent here. It’s required. The school can be very slow with communications. They will reach out closer to the end of the year. Last year, I ended up calling to confirm because I was scheduling summer trips and sports camp. They are extremely friendly and open to questions.

I don’t get why summer school is required for incoming students. That’s ridiculous.

It’s really not required. There is no way a school can kick a kid out for not attending. Schools can’t rescind enrollment offers for anything at this point.

It is required per previous parent. You are just saying they can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I suspect it’s like remedial summer school to try to catch the kids up to speed before 9th grade.

They do assessments for class placement and team building.

Great. They still can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I feel like people really don’t have a sense of DCPS and the policies around high school. They don’t kick kids out, period. You can throw a chair at a teacher and they won’t prevent you from coming back to the school, they certainly won’t kick a high performing kid attending Banneker for not going to summer bridge.

Sure, I guess. But if you don’t want to do BSI maybe Banneker isn’t for you. There are plenty of great options in DC.

That’s not true about many great options and that’s ridiculous to weed out kids who don’t have five weeks to spend in summer school. Also as a side note what kid wants to do summer programs at Walls or Banneker? That shouldn’t be a deciding factor for attending those schools.

So your saying a student can't sacrifice 5 weeks for one summer to attend a program? Really? I am so confused. As adults we all do things that we may not want to do. What lessons are we teaching our children?

If they’d announced dates in January, or even in April, I’d agree. But I also teach my kids to plan ahead. To respect others’ time. And to not spend the whole summer sitting around doing nothing.

None of those lessons is compatible with a mandatory summer program that isn’t announced until the last possible minute. (It’s not even clear how many weeks it will be: they said 3 at the interview, but someone on this thread seems sure it’s 5. DCPS has announced the same 1-week summer bridge for all high schools.)

Our summer is now booked. The 6-week window we left for Banneker back in January has been whittled down to 2. If they need my kid outside of those 2 weeks, we’ll have to reschedule or renegotiate. That’s how adults deal with things that come up at the last minute.

+100

Thank you! It’s mid May and who wants their rising ninth grader sitting around the house for 9 weeks? People plan activities, trips, etc. in the summer. And those plans don’t happen in May. This is Banneker’s problem, not the parents of incoming students.

Such whining! Are you adults?! I’m floored by how ridiculous you are. Ultra entitled.

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Entitled that is the word!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but really any school that ‘mandates’ a summer program should have those dates set by the day the lottery results come out. Then parents can make informed decisions and plan ahead. Or not accept a spot at a school where they don’t want to give up five weeks in the summer.

+1 and go a step further that this should be set by the time you have to rank and submit your choices. If it is important to Banneker it should be clear that it's a part of their program and be organized enough for parents to plan around it or chose a different school. Once you rank you are stuck if you get in to your top choice.

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here of an accepted student at Banneker I have heard the summer program is from July 5-29 from 9-12 but I have not heard anything from the school yet.

Congrats to your student! It sounds like it must not be "required" since you haven't heard from school about it. If that's the case it's nice to have it in place for kids who may feel they need it or want to do extra summer studies. I hope the school year goes well!

Current parent here. It’s required. The school can be very slow with communications. They will reach out closer to the end of the year. Last year, I ended up calling to confirm because I was scheduling summer trips and sports camp. They are extremely friendly and open to questions.

I don’t get why summer school is required for incoming students. That’s ridiculous.

It’s really not required. There is no way a school can kick a kid out for not attending. Schools can’t rescind enrollment offers for anything at this point.

It is required per previous parent. You are just saying they can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I suspect it’s like remedial summer school to try to catch the kids up to speed before 9th grade.

They do assessments for class placement and team building.

Great. They still can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I feel like people really don’t have a sense of DCPS and the policies around high school. They don’t kick kids out, period. You can throw a chair at a teacher and they won’t prevent you from coming back to the school, they certainly won’t kick a high performing kid attending Banneker for not going to summer bridge.

Sure, I guess. But if you don’t want to do BSI maybe Banneker isn’t for you. There are plenty of great options in DC.

That’s not true about many great options and that’s ridiculous to weed out kids who don’t have five weeks to spend in summer school. Also as a side note what kid wants to do summer programs at Walls or Banneker? That shouldn’t be a deciding factor for attending those schools.

So your saying a student can't sacrifice 5 weeks for one summer to attend a program? Really? I am so confused. As adults we all do things that we may not want to do. What lessons are we teaching our children?

If they’d announced dates in January, or even in April, I’d agree. But I also teach my kids to plan ahead. To respect others’ time. And to not spend the whole summer sitting around doing nothing.

None of those lessons is compatible with a mandatory summer program that isn’t announced until the last possible minute. (It’s not even clear how many weeks it will be: they said 3 at the interview, but someone on this thread seems sure it’s 5. DCPS has announced the same 1-week summer bridge for all high schools.)

Our summer is now booked. The 6-week window we left for Banneker back in January has been whittled down to 2. If they need my kid outside of those 2 weeks, we’ll have to reschedule or renegotiate. That’s how adults deal with things that come up at the last minute.

+100

Thank you! It’s mid May and who wants their rising ninth grader sitting around the house for 9 weeks? People plan activities, trips, etc. in the summer. And those plans don’t happen in May. This is Banneker’s problem, not the parents of incoming students.

Such whining! Are you adults?! I’m floored by how ridiculous you are. Ultra entitled.

Ultra entitled to want your kid to have activities during the summer? If that’s the meaning of entitled now I sure am!

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Here are the things that kids who are rising 9th graders might be doing during the summer:

-taking care of younger siblings/cousins
-babysitting for $
-working as CITs or camp counselors
-attending academic or sports camps
-traveling to see family
-going on vacation with family

All of these things require advance planning on the part of the kid/family and COMMITMENT from the child regarding their availability. I agree with the posters who say that any required (or *required*) dates for a summer commitment for rising 9th graders should be locked in and clear by the time that lottery submissions are due.

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here of an accepted student at Banneker I have heard the summer program is from July 5-29 from 9-12 but I have not heard anything from the school yet.

Congrats to your student! It sounds like it must not be "required" since you haven't heard from school about it. If that's the case it's nice to have it in place for kids who may feel they need it or want to do extra summer studies. I hope the school year goes well!

Current parent here. It’s required. The school can be very slow with communications. They will reach out closer to the end of the year. Last year, I ended up calling to confirm because I was scheduling summer trips and sports camp. They are extremely friendly and open to questions.

I don’t get why summer school is required for incoming students. That’s ridiculous.

It’s really not required. There is no way a school can kick a kid out for not attending. Schools can’t rescind enrollment offers for anything at this point.

It is required per previous parent. You are just saying they can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I suspect it’s like remedial summer school to try to catch the kids up to speed before 9th grade.

They do assessments for class placement and team building.

Great. They still can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I feel like people really don’t have a sense of DCPS and the policies around high school. They don’t kick kids out, period. You can throw a chair at a teacher and they won’t prevent you from coming back to the school, they certainly won’t kick a high performing kid attending Banneker for not going to summer bridge.

Sure, I guess. But if you don’t want to do BSI maybe Banneker isn’t for you. There are plenty of great options in DC.

That’s not true about many great options and that’s ridiculous to weed out kids who don’t have five weeks to spend in summer school. Also as a side note what kid wants to do summer programs at Walls or Banneker? That shouldn’t be a deciding factor for attending those schools.

So your saying a student can't sacrifice 5 weeks for one summer to attend a program? Really? I am so confused. As adults we all do things that we may not want to do. What lessons are we teaching our children?

If they’d announced dates in January, or even in April, I’d agree. But I also teach my kids to plan ahead. To respect others’ time. And to not spend the whole summer sitting around doing nothing.

None of those lessons is compatible with a mandatory summer program that isn’t announced until the last possible minute. (It’s not even clear how many weeks it will be: they said 3 at the interview, but someone on this thread seems sure it’s 5. DCPS has announced the same 1-week summer bridge for all high schools.)

Our summer is now booked. The 6-week window we left for Banneker back in January has been whittled down to 2. If they need my kid outside of those 2 weeks, we’ll have to reschedule or renegotiate. That’s how adults deal with things that come up at the last minute.

+100

Thank you! It’s mid May and who wants their rising ninth grader sitting around the house for 9 weeks? People plan activities, trips, etc. in the summer. And those plans don’t happen in May. This is Banneker’s problem, not the parents of incoming students.

Such whining! Are you adults?! I’m floored by how ridiculous you are. Ultra entitled.

Ultra entitled to want your kid to have activities during the summer? If that’s the meaning of entitled now I sure am!

My kid’s top priority is school. Also a rising 9th grader isn’t a toddler. We worked around our summer schedule because school is important, which is why kid wanted to go to Banneker. He missed a trip but oh well, life goes on. I don’t expect a school to consider my summer plans when setting up their program. I am not the warm, fuzzy center of the universe.

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here of an accepted student at Banneker I have heard the summer program is from July 5-29 from 9-12 but I have not heard anything from the school yet.

Congrats to your student! It sounds like it must not be "required" since you haven't heard from school about it. If that's the case it's nice to have it in place for kids who may feel they need it or want to do extra summer studies. I hope the school year goes well!

Current parent here. It’s required. The school can be very slow with communications. They will reach out closer to the end of the year. Last year, I ended up calling to confirm because I was scheduling summer trips and sports camp. They are extremely friendly and open to questions.

I don’t get why summer school is required for incoming students. That’s ridiculous.

It’s really not required. There is no way a school can kick a kid out for not attending. Schools can’t rescind enrollment offers for anything at this point.

It is required per previous parent. You are just saying they can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I suspect it’s like remedial summer school to try to catch the kids up to speed before 9th grade.

They do assessments for class placement and team building.

Great. They still can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I feel like people really don’t have a sense of DCPS and the policies around high school. They don’t kick kids out, period. You can throw a chair at a teacher and they won’t prevent you from coming back to the school, they certainly won’t kick a high performing kid attending Banneker for not going to summer bridge.

Sure, I guess. But if you don’t want to do BSI maybe Banneker isn’t for you. There are plenty of great options in DC.

That’s not true about many great options and that’s ridiculous to weed out kids who don’t have five weeks to spend in summer school. Also as a side note what kid wants to do summer programs at Walls or Banneker? That shouldn’t be a deciding factor for attending those schools.

So your saying a student can't sacrifice 5 weeks for one summer to attend a program? Really? I am so confused. As adults we all do things that we may not want to do. What lessons are we teaching our children?

If they’d announced dates in January, or even in April, I’d agree. But I also teach my kids to plan ahead. To respect others’ time. And to not spend the whole summer sitting around doing nothing.

None of those lessons is compatible with a mandatory summer program that isn’t announced until the last possible minute. (It’s not even clear how many weeks it will be: they said 3 at the interview, but someone on this thread seems sure it’s 5. DCPS has announced the same 1-week summer bridge for all high schools.)

Our summer is now booked. The 6-week window we left for Banneker back in January has been whittled down to 2. If they need my kid outside of those 2 weeks, we’ll have to reschedule or renegotiate. That’s how adults deal with things that come up at the last minute.

+100

Thank you! It’s mid May and who wants their rising ninth grader sitting around the house for 9 weeks? People plan activities, trips, etc. in the summer. And those plans don’t happen in May. This is Banneker’s problem, not the parents of incoming students.

Such whining! Are you adults?! I’m floored by how ridiculous you are. Ultra entitled.

Ultra entitled to want your kid to have activities during the summer? If that’s the meaning of entitled now I sure am!

My kid’s top priority is school. Also a rising 9th grader isn’t a toddler. We worked around our summer schedule because school is important, which is why kid wanted to go to Banneker. He missed a trip but oh well, life goes on. I don’t expect a school to consider my summer plans when setting up their program. I am not the warm, fuzzy center of the universe.

What a sanctimonious attitude. Instead of dismissing us as self-centered for planning to visit elderly relatives (with the in-this-context grotesque comment “life goes on”), would you please check your old emails and let us know when the dates for BSI were announced in your year? Did you get six weeks notice? Two weeks? 24 hours? 15 minutes?

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here of an accepted student at Banneker I have heard the summer program is from July 5-29 from 9-12 but I have not heard anything from the school yet.

Congrats to your student! It sounds like it must not be "required" since you haven't heard from school about it. If that's the case it's nice to have it in place for kids who may feel they need it or want to do extra summer studies. I hope the school year goes well!

Current parent here. It’s required. The school can be very slow with communications. They will reach out closer to the end of the year. Last year, I ended up calling to confirm because I was scheduling summer trips and sports camp. They are extremely friendly and open to questions.

I don’t get why summer school is required for incoming students. That’s ridiculous.

It’s really not required. There is no way a school can kick a kid out for not attending. Schools can’t rescind enrollment offers for anything at this point.

It is required per previous parent. You are just saying they can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I suspect it’s like remedial summer school to try to catch the kids up to speed before 9th grade.

They do assessments for class placement and team building.

Great. They still can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I feel like people really don’t have a sense of DCPS and the policies around high school. They don’t kick kids out, period. You can throw a chair at a teacher and they won’t prevent you from coming back to the school, they certainly won’t kick a high performing kid attending Banneker for not going to summer bridge.

Sure, I guess. But if you don’t want to do BSI maybe Banneker isn’t for you. There are plenty of great options in DC.

That’s not true about many great options and that’s ridiculous to weed out kids who don’t have five weeks to spend in summer school. Also as a side note what kid wants to do summer programs at Walls or Banneker? That shouldn’t be a deciding factor for attending those schools.

So your saying a student can't sacrifice 5 weeks for one summer to attend a program? Really? I am so confused. As adults we all do things that we may not want to do. What lessons are we teaching our children?

If they’d announced dates in January, or even in April, I’d agree. But I also teach my kids to plan ahead. To respect others’ time. And to not spend the whole summer sitting around doing nothing.

None of those lessons is compatible with a mandatory summer program that isn’t announced until the last possible minute. (It’s not even clear how many weeks it will be: they said 3 at the interview, but someone on this thread seems sure it’s 5. DCPS has announced the same 1-week summer bridge for all high schools.)

Our summer is now booked. The 6-week window we left for Banneker back in January has been whittled down to 2. If they need my kid outside of those 2 weeks, we’ll have to reschedule or renegotiate. That’s how adults deal with things that come up at the last minute.

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Thank you! It’s mid May and who wants their rising ninth grader sitting around the house for 9 weeks? People plan activities, trips, etc. in the summer. And those plans don’t happen in May. This is Banneker’s problem, not the parents of incoming students.

Such whining! Are you adults?! I’m floored by how ridiculous you are. Ultra entitled.

Ultra entitled to want your kid to have activities during the summer? If that’s the meaning of entitled now I sure am!

My kid’s top priority is school. Also a rising 9th grader isn’t a toddler. We worked around our summer schedule because school is important, which is why kid wanted to go to Banneker. He missed a trip but oh well, life goes on. I don’t expect a school to consider my summer plans when setting up their program. I am not the warm, fuzzy center of the universe.

What a sanctimonious attitude. Instead of dismissing us as self-centered for planning to visit elderly relatives (with the in-this-context grotesque comment “life goes on”), would you please check your old emails and let us know when the dates for BSI were announced in your year? Did you get six weeks notice? Two weeks? 24 hours? 15 minutes?

As I stated earlier in the thread, I called the school. They were very helpful and answered all my questions. I do not know if they are changing things this year because last summer things were slowly opening back up but it also shut down because of Covid. We live in strange times. Ask the school!

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here of an accepted student at Banneker I have heard the summer program is from July 5-29 from 9-12 but I have not heard anything from the school yet.

Congrats to your student! It sounds like it must not be "required" since you haven't heard from school about it. If that's the case it's nice to have it in place for kids who may feel they need it or want to do extra summer studies. I hope the school year goes well!

Current parent here. It’s required. The school can be very slow with communications. They will reach out closer to the end of the year. Last year, I ended up calling to confirm because I was scheduling summer trips and sports camp. They are extremely friendly and open to questions.

I don’t get why summer school is required for incoming students. That’s ridiculous.

It’s really not required. There is no way a school can kick a kid out for not attending. Schools can’t rescind enrollment offers for anything at this point.

It is required per previous parent. You are just saying they can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I suspect it’s like remedial summer school to try to catch the kids up to speed before 9th grade.

They do assessments for class placement and team building.

Great. They still can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I feel like people really don’t have a sense of DCPS and the policies around high school. They don’t kick kids out, period. You can throw a chair at a teacher and they won’t prevent you from coming back to the school, they certainly won’t kick a high performing kid attending Banneker for not going to summer bridge.

Sure, I guess. But if you don’t want to do BSI maybe Banneker isn’t for you. There are plenty of great options in DC.

That’s not true about many great options and that’s ridiculous to weed out kids who don’t have five weeks to spend in summer school. Also as a side note what kid wants to do summer programs at Walls or Banneker? That shouldn’t be a deciding factor for attending those schools.

So your saying a student can't sacrifice 5 weeks for one summer to attend a program? Really? I am so confused. As adults we all do things that we may not want to do. What lessons are we teaching our children?

If they’d announced dates in January, or even in April, I’d agree. But I also teach my kids to plan ahead. To respect others’ time. And to not spend the whole summer sitting around doing nothing.

None of those lessons is compatible with a mandatory summer program that isn’t announced until the last possible minute. (It’s not even clear how many weeks it will be: they said 3 at the interview, but someone on this thread seems sure it’s 5. DCPS has announced the same 1-week summer bridge for all high schools.)

Our summer is now booked. The 6-week window we left for Banneker back in January has been whittled down to 2. If they need my kid outside of those 2 weeks, we’ll have to reschedule or renegotiate. That’s how adults deal with things that come up at the last minute.

+100

Thank you! It’s mid May and who wants their rising ninth grader sitting around the house for 9 weeks? People plan activities, trips, etc. in the summer. And those plans don’t happen in May. This is Banneker’s problem, not the parents of incoming students.

Such whining! Are you adults?! I’m floored by how ridiculous you are. Ultra entitled.

Ultra entitled to want your kid to have activities during the summer? If that’s the meaning of entitled now I sure am!

My kid’s top priority is school. Also a rising 9th grader isn’t a toddler. We worked around our summer schedule because school is important, which is why kid wanted to go to Banneker. He missed a trip but oh well, life goes on. I don’t expect a school to consider my summer plans when setting up their program. I am not the warm, fuzzy center of the universe.

What a sanctimonious attitude. Instead of dismissing us as self-centered for planning to visit elderly relatives (with the in-this-context grotesque comment “life goes on”), would you please check your old emails and let us know when the dates for BSI were announced in your year? Did you get six weeks notice? Two weeks? 24 hours? 15 minutes?

As I stated earlier in the thread, I called the school. They were very helpful and answered all my questions. I do not know if they are changing things this year because last summer things were slowly opening back up but it also shut down because of Covid. We live in strange times. Ask the school!

Follow up: They sent email June 3 last year with the info. But I called before that and asked for dates.

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here of an accepted student at Banneker I have heard the summer program is from July 5-29 from 9-12 but I have not heard anything from the school yet.

Congrats to your student! It sounds like it must not be "required" since you haven't heard from school about it. If that's the case it's nice to have it in place for kids who may feel they need it or want to do extra summer studies. I hope the school year goes well!

Current parent here. It’s required. The school can be very slow with communications. They will reach out closer to the end of the year. Last year, I ended up calling to confirm because I was scheduling summer trips and sports camp. They are extremely friendly and open to questions.

I don’t get why summer school is required for incoming students. That’s ridiculous.

It’s really not required. There is no way a school can kick a kid out for not attending. Schools can’t rescind enrollment offers for anything at this point.

It is required per previous parent. You are just saying they can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I suspect it’s like remedial summer school to try to catch the kids up to speed before 9th grade.

They do assessments for class placement and team building.

Great. They still can’t kick you out if you don’t attend. I feel like people really don’t have a sense of DCPS and the policies around high school. They don’t kick kids out, period. You can throw a chair at a teacher and they won’t prevent you from coming back to the school, they certainly won’t kick a high performing kid attending Banneker for not going to summer bridge.

Sure, I guess. But if you don’t want to do BSI maybe Banneker isn’t for you. There are plenty of great options in DC.

That’s not true about many great options and that’s ridiculous to weed out kids who don’t have five weeks to spend in summer school. Also as a side note what kid wants to do summer programs at Walls or Banneker? That shouldn’t be a deciding factor for attending those schools.

So your saying a student can't sacrifice 5 weeks for one summer to attend a program? Really? I am so confused. As adults we all do things that we may not want to do. What lessons are we teaching our children?

If they’d announced dates in January, or even in April, I’d agree. But I also teach my kids to plan ahead. To respect others’ time. And to not spend the whole summer sitting around doing nothing.

None of those lessons is compatible with a mandatory summer program that isn’t announced until the last possible minute. (It’s not even clear how many weeks it will be: they said 3 at the interview, but someone on this thread seems sure it’s 5. DCPS has announced the same 1-week summer bridge for all high schools.)

Our summer is now booked. The 6-week window we left for Banneker back in January has been whittled down to 2. If they need my kid outside of those 2 weeks, we’ll have to reschedule or renegotiate. That’s how adults deal with things that come up at the last minute.

+100

Thank you! It’s mid May and who wants their rising ninth grader sitting around the house for 9 weeks? People plan activities, trips, etc. in the summer. And those plans don’t happen in May. This is Banneker’s problem, not the parents of incoming students.

Such whining! Are you adults?! I’m floored by how ridiculous you are. Ultra entitled.

Ultra entitled to want your kid to have activities during the summer? If that’s the meaning of entitled now I sure am!

My kid’s top priority is school. Also a rising 9th grader isn’t a toddler. We worked around our summer schedule because school is important, which is why kid wanted to go to Banneker. He missed a trip but oh well, life goes on. I don’t expect a school to consider my summer plans when setting up their program. I am not the warm, fuzzy center of the universe.

What a sanctimonious attitude. Instead of dismissing us as self-centered for planning to visit elderly relatives (with the in-this-context grotesque comment “life goes on”), would you please check your old emails and let us know when the dates for BSI were announced in your year? Did you get six weeks notice? Two weeks? 24 hours? 15 minutes?

As I stated earlier in the thread, I called the school. They were very helpful and answered all my questions. I do not know if they are changing things this year because last summer things were slowly opening back up but it also shut down because of Covid. We live in strange times. Ask the school!

I have called the school. Repeatedly.

They don’t have an answer yet.

You are probably right and it’s something to do with COVID/DCPS. But since you can see that we live in strange times, please extend that grace to those of us trying to coordinate summers for a dozen family members, each with their own needs and priorities, around a high-priority BSI schedule that seemingly cannot be nailed down.