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/Northeast Independent School District – July 12, 2012
Original Distribution: July 24, 2012
Attendance
Northeast Independent School District (NEISD):
Garrett Sullivan Executive Director - Construction Management & Engineering
Jorge Cabello Senior Director – Construction Planning and Design
Facility Programming and Consulting (FP&C):
Bryan Sibille Project Manager
Shelly Whidby Senior Facility Programmer
Meeting Overview:
The notes provided below are in reference to the initial meeting with NEISD 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 – Jorge Cabello was present at the original site
meeting approx three weeks ago and as a representative of NEISD expressed his
concern and opinions for all proposed sites.
• In response Mr. Cabello provided the city a set of guidelines for site selection
NEISD utilizes when selecting sites. He also stated the existing Interlocal
Agreement NESID has with the City states schools will not be constructed on
existing major arteries to avoid causing additional traffic congestion.
• Mr. Cabello stated the city indicated there would be a follow up meeting with a
new set of potential sites for evaluation.
• Mr. Sibille and Mr. Cabello acknowledged Rebecca Flores would be the lead on
this project in terms of the Administrative Educational component. Mr. Sibille
noted his understanding from Ms. Flores that these centers would be both
administrative and educational. It was discussed that Ms. Flores has also
indicated there was no existing model for this center and that we (Facility
Programming and Consulting) would be developing this model by August 24 th .
Mr. Sibille provided Mr. Cabello an overview of what the program document
would encompass.
• Mr. Sibille asked Mr. Cabello his thoughts on this center and if NEISD was
currently running any similar facilities. Mr. Cabello is not currently operating a
facility like the proposed. NEISD houses Pre-K facilities within elementary
schools. They do not have a standalone Pre-K facility.
• Mr. Cabello stated NEISD elementary schools are planned for 1,000 students
grades Pre-K to Fifth. Creating a “6” House System (1 House per grade level)
or a “3” House stacked system if the facility is 2-story. In a stacked housed
City of San Antonio Early Childhood Centers of Excellence
Preliminary Meeting with NEISD Page 1
July 12, 2012