In the fall of 1965, a group of mothers began meeting to discuss the lack of nursery schools in Southwest Atlanta. The results led to the formation of the Parents Cooperative Nursery School in the summer of 1966. Atlanta University made available two unused and dilapidated rooms in the basement of the Old Oglethorpe School. These rooms were renovated by the parents. Unfortunately, the school caught fire, and everything was destroyed. The parents found new quarters in the parsonage of Central Methodist Church, and the preschool opened 10 days later. The school was the first interracial preschool in Atlanta.