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

• Option 1 was discussed as the ideal program for the Southside development.
This location would house the staff required for the professional
development component. Peter Zanoni will provide FP&C with the projected
staffing requirements so that this component may be sized appropriately.
• Option 2 was decided to be a good basis for the Northside program, with
some modifications.
• The group decided that some of the instructional spaces could be
utilized in the short-term for the professional development aspects,
such as training and the library.
• The original 25 classrooms would be constructed. However, only the
number required to manage the initial 350 students (approx. 18
classrooms) would be fit out for this purpose. The remaining
classrooms (7) would be utilized in the short-term for training room,
library and gross motor skills area.
• As the program grows to 500 students, these functions would be
relocated into portables outside the building. The remaining
classrooms would then be renovated (through furniture change) for
the children’s instruction.
• Outdoor playground area was also discussed. It is required by state licensing
regulations that play area (min. 80sf per child) be provided for at least 25%
of the projected capacity of the daycare. This resulted in the need for at least
10,000sf of playground area for 125 children (25% of 500 max. capacity).
• Due to the difficulty of controlling such a large amount of
playground area and this number of children at one time, it was
decided that multiple smaller playgrounds should be provided,
instead of one large playground. This would also allow for the
variety of playscape equipment which had been discussed in
previous meetings.
• Although not required by licensing regulation, the Nurse’s Office is a desired
component of the program and should be included.
• Food service/distribution was discussed briefly. Food will be catered and
delivered to the building kitchen. This will only be a prep/warming kitchen
and will not be full-service. Meals will be stored here and distributed to the
individual classrooms throughout the day.
• An area needs to be provided for building recycling and trash collection.
• The amount of parking at each center, specifically the Southside, was
discussed briefly. FP&C agreed to provide the parking counts once the space
list was updated with revisions from this meeting.
• The next steps were discussed.
• FP&C will provide a revised space list by the end of business July
20. An adjacency diagram showing potential relationships between
spaces will be prepared early the following week.
• Peter Zanoni will provide an updated count/projection for the
professional development administration component to be included
in the space list.
City of San Antonio Early Childhood Centers of Excellence
Progress Meeting with CoSA Assistant City Manager and Ed. Policy Administrator Page 2
July 20, 2012