Francis Polytechnic High School

This has to be the worst school ever. Came in for some info in the previous school that’s in side of poly. Went to the main office they told me they don’t know anything then they keep sending me places after I got mad and told them they don’t know what they are doing this lady gave me a number supostly for the day Care pre school called it it was polys number when they had told me they are not accociated with that day care what ever it is. After I noticed how unorganized this school is when calling and being hung up on on trying to get info and walking into the school and seeing the same u organized crap decided not to put my daughter in this mess of school. To top off the lady who sits in the front to give you a visitors pass gives you, attitude was horrible gives you a dirty face ask her anything and she’ll look at you and responded to you in a discut way. Every adult in that school act like a bunch of teens with bad attitude. Non of them have info to anything no wonder this is a bad school and will continue to have a horrible rep. I went to Birmingham high school 4 years ago and no way in he’ll did any of thier staff act the way this school dose. Even if I live in the area wouldn’t even send my daughter here when she gets older. This is why this schools graduating rate is so low no one gives a crap waste of space and property of a horrible school. Not saying this because I went to a different school but after that experience never again I don’t judge by its cover but this one what you see and hear about this school is what you get.

The school treated me very well, but that is mainly due to my classes and wonderful teachers. This past year the student body was lazy, acted contentiously, and many were overbearingly pre-​operationalized, though the faculty and programs gave me many opportunities. The student who want to work efficiently tend to go above and beyond c:

Im a proud Poly Parrot! This school taught me lots of things. Im a Salvadorian came here In 2005, did not know English. Now I feel that without Poly i will be still speaking only Spanish. The teachers were all professional and helpful with any questions you ask them. I graduated 2009 with high Honors and now i have a great job because of the education I received at Polytechnic High School. Keep it up Poly staff I am grateful with you all! :‘D

I attended this high school pre-​Prop. BB. Poly’s itsy-​bitsy campus held something like 4,000 students. If I remember correctly, we had three tracks, A, B, and C to accomodate all of them. Generally, it was pointless since about only half showed up for class at any given day. Our graduating class had around 600 students. You do the math. Because there are four grades, there should be around 1,000 students per grade. That means of the 1,000 students who started 9^th grade, only 600 made it this far. Before No Child Left Behind, LAUSD would wink-​and-​nod at this failure since failing schools tend to be cash cows.
The bathroom was the filthiest thing you’re ever going to see ever in your life. There is not enough trips around Africa that will dissuade you that, yep, the hole in the ground dug for you in an open-​air abbatoir by Mbuke will ever be as filthy as the urine-​soaked walls of the Poly High men’s bathroom. «This use to be white» wasn’t just something you say about Michael Jackson, you can also say that about the fecal-​encrusted walls.
Don’t get me wrong, I have great memories of this place. The Thai-​owned wanna-​be American diner across the street was a frequent hangout. The teachers are mostly good, but I was in the magnet program. If you are a go-​getter, the resources are going to be there for you. Teachers like self-​starters so even there are classes that are not available, they’d take you in and do the paperwork to give you the appropriate credit. For example, there was only one French 3 student in the entire school. Qui? Moi. But the Mme. Vamosiu took the time to give me her never-​used French 3 materials, left me alone, and taught the rest of the class in the only language they understand in a French class: Spanish.
Let’s say that you are a billionaire’s son and you are well aware of that when you started school here. After graduation, Poly will make you feel that pulled yourself up from your own bootstraps.