DO NOT VISIT WOODWARD ACADEMY! First of I would like to say I had a below average night at…read more"Woodward Academy". I went to a football game in this establishment. It was very crowded and it costed 8 dollars to get in! There were large crowds and a lot of people not wearing masks. It's almost like they forgot about the delta variant! When we found our seats we started getting harassed by a few juvenile delinquents and made us move our seats. Not to even get me started on their facilities. I went into the bathroom and they were disgusting! I can't believe we payed to go to this! Consider yourself warned!

An Interim Superintendent. A new school board Chair and Vice-Chair. 1,100 pages from the GBI…read moreshowing that errbody and their brother was cheating on the CRCT. I wonder how this whole accrediting thing is going to end. Probably poorly. I feel duped. For years we've been lead to believe that the APS was making huge gains. In turn, we've given them lots of money to build buildings and make things look pretty. I have a feeling that tap is about to be closed because we'll be voting on extending the Special Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) later this year. I for one will NOT be voting to extend it. We don't need shiny new football stadiums, larger district offices, or reconfigured campuses. Focus on teaching and the rest will fall into place.

The building is easy to access and there is plenty of metered parking around the guiding. When you…read morecome into the building there is a window where I assume someone is suppose to be there to help you/direct you to where you may need to be but no one is there. I waited for about 10min until I found someone who was able to direct me to the right conference room. You are able to come here for tribunals (why I was there) as well as get student records. They had a nice little sitting area witch snack/drink machines which was good since you have to twiddling my thumbs until someone comes along to help you. Overall 3 stars.

I believe the administration and other staff do the best they can with what they have. I…read moremistakenly assumed that Westlake students would be more well-behaved because of the area, but the students fight regularly and record these events and post on social media just like any other school. My child consistently shows me knock-down drag-out fights between Westlake students and others in the area. I am so disappointed that my child's high school experience has turned to crap, especially after 2 years of virtual school in this pandemic. The teachers are highly qualified and work hard, but the student body leaves much to be desired.

I went to this school for 4 years (my last was during the pandemic) for all four years facilities…read morewere disgusting, events were extremely unorganized, and administration was disrespectful to both students and teachers. During graduation practice they had children crowded in the gym and various classrooms (many without masks) and took an ungodly amount of time to distribute chords and tickets. The rehearsal was supposed to end at 12 but we ended up leaving at 3.

GPCP is different than any other school in town, and I am so proud to be part of this community…read more The reggio emilia approach to child-centered learning and play makes it so fun. Our two sons, who are 1.5 and 3.5 years old, love it, and we are in our 3rd year here. Our teachers are uh-mazing (I get jealous how much my kids sometimes run to their teachers instead of me. Belinda (the atelierista) gets our kids exploring museum worthy art projects (who knew toddlers could do all this?!) and she helps them appreciate and interact with nature. You'll never get the flexibility you get like you do at GPCP. It's more affordable than any other comparable option (my husband does an excel spreadsheet for all things financial). Where else can you pay what we do for as little or as much child care as you need? Only sending your kid for M/W/F but need a random Tuesday for aftercare? Yours!  Every single one of my friends at other "preschools"  (daycares) who have left GPCP have made me really appreciate GPCP. These families usually left because they have the kind of jobs where they just couldn't participate to the level we are required here (neither parent can leave work to do parent helper days for example). Their schools have a lot of great things that I sometimes envy, such as less parent requirements. We do a lot of "parent helper days" and committee meetings. It's safe, nurturing. Like most cooperative non profit schools, they can be a tad more disorganized, and they take off for many holidays and staff development days (either my husband or I have to take work off, or arrange additional childcare, which is a lot of hassle). But believe me, there's a major tradeoff.... What my friends at these other schools all complain about is that they don't really feel like they have any sense of community. They don't know the other parents, kids, or families. They describe a much more transactional, "corporate" feel. And... they all miss GPCP and wish they had the kinds of jobs that were more flexible (or more family support) so they could return. These parents know that they are paying for a child care service, and that they lost the sense of community that came with GPCP. They complain that they don't know the other families and have more of a "hi" and "bye" interaction with most other families (and teachers). Sure, parents there don't have to work nearly as hard as we have to, but psychologically most of us all tend to care more about whatever we've put some sweat equity into. We have hosted many of our GPCP teachers and parents to our (very untidy) house with their kids for playdates, dinner, school camping trips and even some major holidays; we've even vacationed with several families. We really know our fellow GPCP families. Unfortunately, GPCP just isn't built for every child or family, especially for those who are just wanting (or needing) full time, nothing-else-required-of-parents type of child care. Most of us GPCP families are privileged enough to have the option to do something like this school. All of us have at least one family member with the kind of flexibility necessary to participate in this kind of model (we have a lot of entrepreneurs, business owners, freelancers part-timers, or at least some family support (grandparents) to actually have the time and bandwidth to participate as much as we do.  We have created a place that feels more like a home than a "daycare". We GPCP families are also typically cut from a different cloth, and we truly value our "cooperative", very parent-participatory model of early childhood education. We not only get the privilege of watching our children and their friends at school together, we are actively involved and shaping their school environment. I wouldn't have it any other way.

This school is amazing and there is nothing else quite like it in the city. The parents that…read morecomplain about it forget that the school is a cooperative experience - and is only as good as they make it. You can walk right into the Executive Directors office or come to a public Board meeting. My son has been at the school since he started walking and he just turned 5. All his best friends are his classmates. He knows all his friends parents because they hang out with him on their Parent Helper day. This is a comfortable and super fun environment with the most lovable educators you've ever seen. The educators believe in child-led so their curriculum is based on what the class is into. However, it is a lot of work on the side. There is some committee work and parent helper days (you work at the school about once a month) but it's more of an opportunity to be more involved in your child's education and development. I highly recommend this school to any parent who loves a granola, community-oriented vibe for their children. It's not only very affordable for childcare but a healthy lunch is also provided with tuition!