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?

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!

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

Thank you.

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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.

Wow that is really late 6/3. So basically, the assumption is don’t make plan or cancel your plans for summer and wait for the last minute dates for BSI.

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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.

Wow that is really late 6/3. So basically, the assumption is don’t make plan or cancel your plans for summer and wait for the last minute dates for BSI.

As I stated before THIS WAS LAST YEAR. Do you remember kids were fully remote during the school year but things were starting to open up slowly because vaccines just got approved for teens. But Delta was coming. You cannot compare now with then, which is why I told her to call the school. Last year was weird because Covid.

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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.

Wow that is really late 6/3. So basically, the assumption is don’t make plan or cancel your plans for summer and wait for the last minute dates for BSI.

As I stated before THIS WAS LAST YEAR. Do you remember kids were fully remote during the school year but things were starting to open up slowly because vaccines just got approved for teens. But Delta was coming. You cannot compare now with then, which is why I told her to call the school. Last year was weird because Covid.

Sure, but 6/3 is 10 days away so it seems like this year's timeline is similar, this year has been all in-person, and the PP is telling you that she has called the school and they have no answers.

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You have the general timeframe so plan accordingly. That's how we planned our trips. It's to benefit the kids not the adults. Stressing about it won't change anything. You can always workout things with a school but it will normally be an inconvenience to you not them. Just keep that in mind...

[Anonymous]

Communicated directly with Banneker today the summer dates are 7/5 to 7/29 from 8:30 to 12:30 M-F

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Finally got a welcome communication from Banneker plus an ask for $100 from the PTO June 3rd must be their day