The Gardner School Acquires The Compass School
August 26, 2022
The Gardner School, a Franklin, Tennessee-based preschool operator majority-owned by Quad Partners, has acquired The Compass School, a Cincinnati-based childcare provider with seven locations in Illinois, Virginia, and Ohio. The acquisition expands The Gardner School's footprint in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic and brings the seven Compass School locations into its academically focused early-childhood network.
- Buyers
- The Gardner School, Quad Partners
- Targets
- The Compass School
- Sellers
- Martin Brill (President and Owner of The Compass School)
- Platforms
- The Gardner School
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Ohio, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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