Programming Documents for Pre-K for SA - The City of San Antonio

Meeting Notes
City of San Antonio Early Childhood Centers of Excellence
Preliminary Meeting w/Northside Independent School District – July 9, 2012
Original Distribution: July 9, 2012
Revised Distribution: July 10, 2012
Attendance
City of San Antonio (CoSA):
Jeff Rodriguez Project Control Manager
Northside Independent School District (NISD):
Bill Peters
School Property Analyst – Facilities and Operations
Mike Boehmer Project Manager – Engineering Services
Facility Programming and Consulting (FP&C):
Bryan Sibille Project Manager
Molly Cundari Senior Facility Programmer
Meeting Overview:
The notes provided below are in reference to the initial meeting with NISD regarding
the Early Childhood Centers of Excellence proposed by the Mayor’s SA2020
Brainpower Initiative Task Force.
• As part of the Mayor’s SA2020 Brainpower Initiative, two early childhood
centers have been proposed – one on the north and one on the south side of
town.
• Three items have been identified in the Mayor’s initiative for the project
scope and type of program City wants to administer: classroom education,
full-time daycare and a laboratory/model for teaching teachers how to teach.
• In addition to typical educational facility needs, this facility will require
conference room(s) for mentoring teachers and parents, as necessary.
• Typically, NISD plans for two sizes of elementary schools (pre-K to 5 th
grade) – 660 students or 800 students. No matter which size school is being
planned, the cafeteria is designed for the 800 student class size.
• Catering food in for lunch has been proposed, in lieu of a full service
cafeteria.
• Serving breakfast should also be a consideration.
• Jeff Rodriguez has the NISD standard design guidelines which he will be
able to share with the planning team. In addition, JR mentioned it would be
useful, once the sites have been determined, to collect information on the
existing education programs offered at facilities within a certain radius of the
site to ensure that it would complement and not compete with these existing
programs.
City of San Antonio Early Childhood Centers of Excellence
Preliminary Meeting with NISD Page 1
July 9, 2012