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2024-2025 School Year: Please email director@oneontacoop.com to inquire about immediate openings. We accept waitlist applications for the current school year on a rolling basis through March.

2025-2026 School Year: Applications are not yet live and will open this winter. Please read the entire page and scroll all the way down to ensure you receive all of the information necessary to apply.

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If you are interested in learning more about us and would like to tour OCNS, please read more about our admissions process below and then fill out our Tour Request form using the button below. You will be emailed a Sign Up Genius link with tour dates available. Tours are available on first-come first-served basis.

Tours are offered on a limited basis through the end of January. We do our best to offer as many tours as possible, though we cannot guarantee a tour will be available upon request. If you are unable to attend a tour we invite you to our Open House, held February 1st, 2025 from 9am-12pm. We appreciate your understanding and patience.

Please note that all OCNS adult participants are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Any questions can be emailed to OCNS Director, Brittany Shafferman at Director@oneontacoop.com or OCNS President, Gabby Parker at oneonta.president@gmail.com

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Admissions Process

We are excited that you would like to get to know us a bit better! Our Admissions and Tour process is a vital component of the OCNS approach. We seek to create an environment for families that upholds our values of diversity, community and equity; and of course, PLAY.

The new school year (Sept.-June) application is released in February, typically the day of Open House on the first Saturday in February. Applications submitted before our priority application window will be considered during the initial placement period, for the following year. Placement and waitlist notifications are sent by the end of March/early April. Applications submitted after the priority application deadline will be automatically placed on a wait list. Play dates are not guaranteed for anyone who applied after the priority application deadline. Our waitlist renews each year, as such requiring a new application to be submitted every academic year you are seeking admission. The application fee is only paid once per child. If you applied last year and were waitlisted and are seeking placement again, you must submit a new application for consideration.

Step 1: Fill out the tour request form.
Step 2: Submit an application after touring or attending Open House, using the button below. *An $87 application fee must be submitted in order for your application to be processed.
Step 3: During enrollment season (Feb-Mar) we will be in contact to extend a “Play Date” invite to families who have applied before March 1st. Play dates typically happen between mid February and mid-April. Should a space become available mid-year we will look to our waitlist to fill the spot. In an effort to keep class communities symbiotic and balanced, we will invite wait list applicants to Play Date in an effort to fill the opening while maintaining classroom balance and cohesion.

*The $87.00 non-refundable application fee can be paid electronically via Jovial or dropped off. You can email Oneonta.treasury@gmail.com with any billing questions.

Little Explorers applicants:

As this is a caregiver and me program, admission operates differently than our core classes. We do not utilize play dates for Little Explorers and will fill spots on a rolling basis if any become available. A non-refundable $32 fee must be submitted to secure enrollment or be placed on the waitlist if there is no current availability.

Questions about the admission and touring process can be sent to director@oneontacoop.com.