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

would not be associated with any ISD and would be more of an advanced
child care facility with teaching components and would follow Child Care
Center Guidelines. Mr. Zanoni called in “John” at this point to confirm.
John stated the project would be following daycare licensing guidelines from
the Department of Family and Protective Services. Mr. Sibille noted we
would research and follow these guidelines and this would probably impact
square footage.
• A question was asked regarding the funding of these centers if they were not
linked to a school district or TEA. Mr. Zanoni stated parents would register
their children in their own school districts and the school district would send
the children and the funding dollars for those children to the city’s
Brainpower initiative.
• Mr. Sibille let them know the spacelist provided tomorrow (July 20 th ) would
follow the requirements of a daycare facility. Mr. Zanoni also stated the
project would not be dealing with Headstart or their regulations either.
• Mr. Zanoni expanded on the growth plan for reaching 500 students per
center:
• Year 1 – Opening shall have 350 students a center (2 centers)
• Year 2 – Shall have 375 students a center (2 centers)
• Year 3 – Shall have 425 Students a center (2 centers)
• Year 4 – Shall have 475 students a center (2 centers)
• Year 5 – Shall have 500 students a center (2 centers)
• Mr. Mike Etiennne says he has some concerns if they will be able to
get 350 students a center in the opening year.
• Mr. Hosseini indicated he would like FPC to meet with Debra Dockery
within the next week to present her what information we have. Mr. Sibille
said FPC would be happy to meet with her and Mr. Hosseini said he would
set-up a meeting.
• Mr. Etienne asked when he will have the necessary information to get the
design architect involved in the project. Mr. Sibille said he would a
preliminary space list to him tomorrow and the next step would be adjacency
diagrams and then finally room data sheets. Mr. Sibille stated we would
meet the schedule agreed to in the contract. Mr. Sibille stated the spacelist
provided tomorrow would provide the architect a good assumption of
building size to begin blocking options on various sites. Mr. Sibille also
suggested the city meet and review the spacelist before presenting it to Ms.
Dockery. Mr. Zanoni said he agreed and would send out a meeting notice for
tomorrow morning (July 20 th ) to review the spacelist.
• Mr. Zanoni asked what type of kitchen would be indicated in the spacelist for
the facility. Mr. Sibille stated we had previously been lead in the direction of
providing a warming kitchen with adequate storage for heated serving carts,
a dry good pantry and a commercial refrigerator or walk-in refrigerator. Mr.
Zanoni agreed with providing a warming kitchen with meals provided by an
outside vendor. Mr. Sibille also noted this kitchen shall require exterior
access for delivery of meals and other goods and it shall also be located on a
City of San Antonio Early Childhood Centers of Excellence
Progress Meeting with CoSA Assistant City Manager Page 2
July 19, 2012