NEW FAMILY REGISTRATION

2025-26

Open Enrollment Information!!

We are excited to announce that open enrollment for our preschool will begin in January! To be considered for enrollment, families must attend our Open House on

Thursday, January 18th!

Open House Details:

  • Location: Grant Park Cooperative Preschool*

  • Information Session: 10:00 AM

  • School Tour: 11:00 AM

*Important Note: Please do not park on St. Paul Ave during your visit.

How to Apply:

Following the Open House, families interested in enrolling must complete an application and pay a $50 application fee via Brightwheel, our platform for school communications and payments. Attendance at both the information session and the tour is required in order to apply.

Lottery Procedure:

If the number of applications exceeds the number of available spaces, a lottery will take place. Here’s what you need to know:

  • The lottery drawing will occur after the application period closes and will be attended by our Operations Team.

  • Families will be notified of their application status by email no later than the end of the month.

  • All applicants will receive a response, either with an offer of enrollment or placement on the waitlist. Waitlisted families will also be informed of their position on the waitlist.

To promote representation that reflects the diversity of our community, our school uses a weighted lottery system. Families interested in understanding more about this process can read the full details below.


Lottery Procedure

If the number of applications received by the application deadline exceeds the number of available spaces, a lottery will take place following the close of the application period. The lottery drawing is closed to the public and will be attended by the Operations Team. Families will be notified by email of the outcome of the lottery as soon as possible, but no later than the end of the month. 

After available spaces have been filled through the lottery draw, the draw will continue to determine the order of placement on the waiting list. Waitlist families will be notified by email no later than the end of the month. 

GPCP uses a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) weighted lottery system when filling available spots for the upcoming school year. Applicants are sorted into one of 4 applicant ‘buckets’: BIPOC families on our waitlist, new BIPOC family applicants, remaining families on our waitlist, and a general lottery of remaining applicants. GPCP aims to represent the diversity of the community we live in.

The first bucket pulled from is the BIPOC families on the waitlist, filling up to 40% of available spots.  Assuming the first bucket doesn’t fill 40% of available spots, the second bucket is pulled from.  The second bucket contains new BIPOC family applicants (again, filling no more than 40% of the available spots). The third bucket drawn from is a lottery of the remaining families on the waitlist.  The last bucket drawn from is a random lottery of all remaining applicants.