Prospective Families
Come see a morning in motion — children exploring sand, water, paint, and big feelings, guided by experienced teachers and working parents. Tours are the first step; enrollment follows a conversation, never a checkout button.
A Parent-Cooperative Play School in Santa Rosa
Franklin Park Co-op Preschool
Where children learn to play, and play to learn.
He always looks forward to going to school, which speaks volumes about the warm, welcoming environment the teachers create. The co-op model has been such a valuable experience for us as a family. Read more
Holly Mackin3rd Year Family
Franklin Park Co-op became one of our most cherished parts of Santa Rosa. We now have lifelong friends thanks to this community. Read more
Kristie CullisonNewcomer Family
Families
Two ways in, one community
Current Families
Everything you need for the school year — the parent handbook, the school calendar, workday schedules, and ways to pitch in. The co-op runs because you do.
Reasons to choose Franklin Park
Seventy-three years of parents building a school community.
A True Parent Co-op
Parents work in the classroom, sit on the board, and shape the school. You don't drop your child off at Franklin Park — you join it.
Learn MorePositive Discipline & Free Parenting Classes
Kind-and-firm guidance practiced with children and taught to parents — monthly parenting classes with our certified Positive Discipline director, free with enrollment.
Learn MoreNature & Loose-Parts Play
Dirt, water, sand, and open-ended materials. Children build, pour, climb, and invent — using all five senses to explore the world around them.
Learn MoreSmall Class Sizes
With teachers plus working parents in every session, children get genuinely individual attention — and learn to know every grown-up by name.
Learn MoreExperienced Director & Staff
Our director-teacher leads both the classroom and the monthly parenting classes, backed by decades of early-childhood experience.
Learn MoreA Morning That Works
Both classes run 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM — a full, rich morning of play and learning that still leaves room for naps and family afternoons.
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The Co-op Difference
Importance of Parent Involvement
Our school is a unique opportunity to be intimately involved with your child's education. Studies indicate that this is an important indicator of student success. Being in your child's classroom on a consistent basis helps to creates a sense of significance and belonging in your children.
Your contribution in the classrooms is an important part of our preschool being a positive, loving and quality early childhood program. We love having parents bring their curriculum ideas and life experience to expand our learning environment.
In a co-op preschool, you will get to know your child's friends, and their families, and have the opportunity to be a part of a community as well as develop life-long friendships.
Our Board of Directors are parents elected by the parent membership. They are responsible for decisions related to the running of the program and upholding the by-laws of our non-profit status.
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See a co-op morning for yourself
Tours run during class time so you can watch the school in action. We'd love to meet your family.
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