Minutes
2012 Bond Project Advisory Team (PAT) Meeting
Wilson Montessori School
MEETING #: 005
LOCATION: Wilson Montessori School
DATE / TIME: January 12, 2015 at 5:00pm
ATTENDEES: (those marked with a check were present)
Beth Bonnette
Principal
 Patsy Cavazos
School Support Officer
 Jodi Aserkoff
Elem. Teacher
 Melissa Bohls
Lower Elem. Teacher

 Deborah Cogley
Teacher
 Wendy Freed
Early Childhood Teacher
 Debra Loewenstein Teacher
 R. Robbins
Teacher
 June Spencer
Friends of Cherryhurst Park
Ernesto Alfaro
Parent
Elizabeth Eriksen
Parent
 David Jans
Parent

 Amber Moncla
Parent

 Ken Smart
Parent
PURPOSE:
David Funk
Brian Alling
 Parra Camilo
Michelle Dudley
Meredith Reed
Terry Smith








HISD Fac. Design
HISD Project Manager
Neighborhood citizen
Pfluger Architects
Smith & Company Architects
Smith & Company Architects
The purpose of the meeting was to update attendees on project progress.
AGENDA:
• Introduce the project architect team.
• Review slide images of recent tours of Cy-Fair ISD schools.
• Review what to expect at the next PAT Meeting.
DISCUSSION:
1. Mr. Brian Alling, HISD Project Manager, welcomed the Project Advisory Team (PAT) members and
thanked them for attending the meeting.
2. Mr. Alling introduced Terry Smith, architect with Smith and Company Architects who introduced his
interior designer Meredith Reed of Smith and Company and also Ms. Michelle Dudley of Pfluger
Architects. Mr. Smith indicated Pfluger Architects submitted with Smith and Company for the project
and he has brought them on board to assist with front-end planning and design phase and for the
breadth of experience their firm can provide as a resource for the project.
3. Mr. Alling presented photographs taken during HISD tours through Anthony Middle School and Pope
Elementary of Cypress-Fairbanks ISD in December. Some comments from meeting attendees noted
were:
a. Though the toured buildings were nice, the spaces created and the design of those buildings
may not be within the Wilson Montessori project budget.
b. The learning courtyard at Anthony MS has some interesting elements which may be good to
consider implementing at Wilson:
i. Sun dial on the wall
ii. Vertical imperial and metric scale indicators on another wall
iii. Story-telling pergola that serves as a large protractor
iv. Solar panels that power fans for air circulation
v. Rain-water cistern connected to adjacent concrete trough for science experiments with
water
vi. Flower/herb/plant beds which include plants which produce color dyes – these plants
and dyes are used for art, science, biology/nature instruction
vii. Concrete pavement with joint patterns scaled/spaced to specific proportions to teach
measurements and scale
viii. Compass rose
c. The Pope classrooms are a little smaller than HISD standard classrooms by approximately fifty
square feet. The classrooms shown in CFISD buildings appeared to be a little ‘cramped’.
d. Glass in corridor walls viewing into/out of classrooms was something attendees thought was
interesting for consideration at Wilson.
e. Pope Elementary has a space on the second floor intended to be a reading area for students;
however, due to budget issues this room was built as a ‘shell’ space to be built out in the future.
This was noted as a possibility for Wilson if budget becomes an issue. Spaces could be
constructed with minimal finish-out or as empty shells to allow future district or campus funded
build-out in the future.
4. Mr. Alling and Mr. David Funk, HISD Facilities Planner, discussed conducting other tours of area
schools with the PAT and campus administration. Ms. Bonnette and PAT members noted they would
like to visit the School of the Woods and Daily Elementary in HISD as possible designs and campus
operational use similar to what the Wilson staff and PAT are looking for. Principal Bonnette indicated
she would coordinate with her contacts at those campuses to schedule a tour of them for PAT
members and the architect team.
5. Mr. Smith and Ms. Dudley agreed to bring photo slides of a couple of their firms’ Houston ISD projects
to offer other visual ideas for the Wilson project.
6. Mr. Funk indicated he would be finalizing the draft of the Educational Specifications to be issued to the
campus and architect by the end of January.
QUESTIONS/ANSWERS:
1. None
ACTION ITEMS:
5.01
Smith & Company and Pfluger Architect teams will present images of several of their other
Houston ISD projects completed in the past for additional visual ideas of possible future design
solutions for Wilson Montessori’s project.
WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE NEXT PAT MEETING:
1. The PAT will be presented with a final Education Specification document.
2. The PAT will review photo slides of other Smith & Company and Pfluger Architects’ projects.
NEXT PAT MEETING: Monday, February 9, 2015 at 5:00 pm at Wilson Montessori Library.
Please review the meeting minutes and submit any changes or corrections to the author.
After five (5) days, the minutes will be assumed to be accurate.
Sincerely,
Brian S. Alling
Project Manager
HISD – Construction & Facility Services
3200 Center Street, Houston, TX 77007
Direct Phone: (713) 556-9250
Mobile Phone: (713) 498-5417
Email: balling@houstonisd.org