City Council B Session

City of San Antonio

Meeting Minutes

City Council B Session

State of Texas

County of Bexar

City Hall Complex

105 Main Plaza

San Antonio, Texas 78205

FINAL

2:00 PM Municipal Plaza BuildingWednesday, April 17, 2019

The City Council of San Antonio convened in the “B” Room of the Municipal Plaza Building. City

Clerk Leticia Vacek took the Roll Call noting the following Councilmembers present:

10 - Mayor Nirenberg, Treviño, Hall, Viagran, Gonzales, Brockhouse,

Sandoval, Pelaez, Courage, and Perry

PRESENT:

1 - SaldañaABSENT:

City Clerk Vacek announced that Councilmember Saldaña would not be in attendance.

Pre-K 4 SA program overview and briefing on the Pre-K 4 SA FY 2020 Budget for

the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 as adopted by the Pre-K 4 SA Board of

Directors on April 9, 2019. [Peter Zanoni, Deputy City Manager; Sarah Baray,

Ph.D., CEO, Pre-K 4 SA]

1.

Sarah Baray stated that Pre-K 4 SA was a workforce development initiative designed to

change San Antonio’s education and workforce trajectory in one generation. She noted that

Pre-K 4 SA was conceptualized by the Brain Power Task Force which was appointed by

Mayor Castro in 2011. She stated that the Task Force studied educational interventions

which could be utilized to improve the City’s education trajectory and selected early

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childhood education as their focus. She noted that in 2012, voters approved the call for

investment in early childhood education and an 11-member Board of Directors was

appointed for Pre-K 4 SA. She stated that Pre-K 4 SA was funded by a raise in the sales

tax of one eighth of a cent. She noted that between 2012 and 2016; four centers were

opened, professional learning had begun, and the first competitive grant was received. She

stated that the last two years were spent refining and systematizing the program and staff

was assisting other programs to implement the quality processes and educational structures

that have been developed.

Mrs. Baray stated that the City Council appoints the Board of Directors and the City

Manager provides oversight of Pre-K 4 SA. She noted that the Board of Directors

developed five big promises which would guide the program and assist in development of the