The South Side Weekly featured neighborhood residents Maria Negrete and Fiona Cook and the challenges they and others have been facing with summer program enrollment at the Chicago Park District , including at McKinley Park .

In the June 29, 2022, article "South Side Parents Struggle to Get Their Kids Enrolled in Park District Programs," Immigration Editor Alma Campos looks at language, technology and other barriers that make it tough to enroll for Maria, Fiona and others.