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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they applied for a summer job, I would suggest designating BSI as their preferred location so that they get paid for attending. [/quote]

Can someone explain this to me?[/quote]

DC kids age 14 and up can participate in the Marion Barry Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). You fill out the paperwork and they place you at a job site where you get paid minimum wage for the summer (pools, summer camps, libraries, etc).

Banneker "requires" incoming freshmen to attend the Banneker Summer Institute (BSI) during that same window. You can request BSI as your worksite with SYEP and essentially get paid to attend BSI. [/quote]

When does the BSI start and for how many weeks is it in the summer normally?[/quote]

Good discussion -again- about Banneker's workload. But does anyone actually have an answer to my original question about the summer before Freshman year? When does it usually start, how many hours per day and for how many weeks?[/quote]

When my kid did it a few years ago, it was 3 weeks, and it was mornings M-F. the exact timing was released late in the spring, annoyingly enough. Ours was I believe all in July post-July 4th.  I think others have gone mid-july to early august. As others have shared, get your kid enrolled in the Summer Youth Employment Program even before HS placement is known, so if they come to Banneker they can get paid for BSI.[/quote]

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