Grant Park Cooperative Preschool

Badly managed. Kids are running wild. Bruises and teeth marks were a regular occurrence. My kid went from saying "I love school!" to crying full tears on days when she had to go over the course of a year. She's in a new school now and once again thrilled to go. Part of the deal at GPCP is that you agree to provide some volunteer labor in exchange for a lower price; however, they will demand that you provide way more than you agreed to up front. Generally the attitude at GPCP is that you're lucky to be there and none of your concerns or complaints are valid. Also, if you use after care, good luck figuring out your bill. The amounts will be random and there will be no meaningful line items. Part of the cost of GPCP is the time you spend every month figuring it out. There are much better schools, and if you consider your time as having any value, they aren't even more expensive, really. Definitely think twice before signing up at GPCP. Incidentally, my daughter actually learned half of the alphabet and all kids of facts about nature in the three months of her new school and I'd be hard pressed to tell you anything she actually learned at GPCP!