Grace England Early Childhood & Pre-K Center Klein ISD | Houston, TX
This building was designed to be a TX-CHPS verified project and house a morning and afternoon Pre-Kindergarten and Early Childhood Program each serving approximately 500 children from seven surrounding Title I elementary schools. This effectively created Klein ISD’s first stand-alone Pre-Kindergarten Center while freeing at least two classrooms in each associated feeder elementary school to reduce campus crowding.
The Grace England Early Childhood Center was designed around a central open concept library, surrounded by six identical small learning communities or pods. Each pod houses an early childhood classroom, shared motor lab and four Pre-Kindergarten classrooms with toilets and associated ancillary spaces.
“The building incorporates 24 pre-kindergarten classrooms, six early childhood classrooms, three motor labs, parent center, library with an integrated classroom and amphitheater, kitchen and an administrative support suite and ancillary spaces.”
—Stuart Campbell, Associate Principal