We are currently accepting applications for the 2011-2012 school year. Please contact us for more information or to schedule a site visit.

Cooperative Nursery School of Champaign-Urbana (Co-op) is a nonprofit, nonsectarian preschool that is owned, maintained, and administered by the parents of the children enrolled in the school. Its uniqueness lies in the coordination of efforts between the trained, professional teachers and the parents who assist in the classroom.

Cooperative Nursery School of Champaign-Urbana is one of the oldest licensed preschools in our area. It was organized in 1946 when Dr. Katherine Whiteside Taylor, nationally prominent specialist in child guidance and parent education, joined the staff of the University YMCA to assist with a special program for veteran's families. Nursery school classes and a training course for parents were organized. From this beginning grew today's Co-op.