Last night, parents crowded into a hot auditorium at PS 84 for the two Manhattan gifted and talented information sessions. With people sitting side-by-side and back-to-back along both aisles, cramming into the space by all four doorways, and squeezing next to the presenter in front of the stage, many parents grumbled about the set-up of the meeting. Dozens of attendees didn't fit into the room and ended up talking with each other about the G&T admissions process in the hallway, making it even more difficult for people inside the auditorium to hear.

"I can't imagine how many fire-code regulations they are breaking right now," one mother said. "It is a total mess in here."

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Anna Commitante, head of gifted and talented at the DOE, gave the same power-point presentation that hundreds of Brooklyn parents showed up to hearlast week. She took some questions last night, although there wasn't nearly enough time to call on all of the people with their hands in the air. Commitante suggested parents who didn't get their questions answered could go to theDOE website where she is answering questions this week, but according to the website, yesterday was the last day that she was accepting online questions.

As always, you can post your questions here or in our forum, and we will do our best to find the answers. If you weren't jostling around in the crowd last night, you can still attend the final information session tonight in Queens, but many parents last night advised that they didn't learn anything new in the live presentation that they hadn't been able to learn online. The slides from the presentations should be added to the online resources on the DOE website today - we will update you when they are.