We went to the Poly open house on Thursday and found it nearly overwhelming, both chaotic and disorganized. We did manage to find and listen to the Ingenuity director, who was speaking in 15 minute rotations. There was enough said to indicate impressive things are going on, but it also wasn't very informative.

Can anyone speak to the workload, is it a grind? Do Ingenuity kids have a good balance between stem and non stem classes? What's the relationship like between Ingenuity kids and the rest of Poly? When Ingenuity talks about research projects with college professors, is that every student or only a select approved handful? How many kids are in a typical Ingenuity class? What are the common complaints you have heard from your kid or other parents? Things we should be aware if our child is probably someone who'd be middle of pack and not top of the Ingenuity class? Do kids also have access to other Poly programs like school bands?

There were a lot of student volunteers across the school and they seemed happy and bustling although I will admit they were, as kids are wont to, treating the evening as a social event and it was somewhat getting in the way of an open house that is meant to be informative. But I did like the look of the kids as happy and normal. Even so, the overall contrast with the private schools we have also toured is apples and oranges so I am trying not to get too distracted and want to find out as much about Ingenuity from other parents. Anything you can tell me will be very appreciated! Thank you.