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Council Member Stevens inquires about Summer Rising program enrollment and outdoor activities
4:27:03
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Council Member Althea Stevens questions DYCD officials about the enrollment and implementation of the Summer Rising program. The discussion covers current enrollment numbers, target enrollment, and plans for increased outdoor activities in the program.
- DYCD aims for 110,000 funded seats in the Summer Rising program
- 154,000 applications were received, with 114,000 seats offered in the first round
- DYCD is working with NYC public schools on a new model that will include more outdoor activities
Althea Stevens
4:27:03
Has enrollment for the current year summarizing program begin?
4:27:08
If so, what are the current enrollment numbers and what are the target enrollment for the summer rising program this year?
Susan Haskell
4:27:15
We're shooting for 110,000 again.
4:27:18
We've 110,000 funded seats.
4:27:20
We received a total of 154,000 applications.
4:27:24
We offered in the first round 114,000 seats and that process will continue leading up to the start of summarizing and throughout the summer.
Althea Stevens
4:27:37
One of the biggest I guess complaints and feedback that we have was the implementation of additional of trying to get additional outdoor activities for summarizing programs.
4:27:46
Is this something that you guys have been encouraging in the model this year?
Keith Howard
4:27:50
Yeah, think we've been working with New York City public schools on a different model and they've been very encouraging.
4:27:55
I think that this the young people are gonna see something very much dramatically different this year.