Paetow High School
Katy Indpendent School District's 8th High School and 1st developed on the Education Village Philosophy
Architect: PBK
Client: Katy Independent School District
Location: Katy, TX
Total Floor Area: 624,000 SF
Project Budget: $167M (appx.) in conjunction with JH #15
Project Responsibilities:
- Lead Project Architect responsibilities including schedule management, tasking,
and quality control for a production team of 12-18 on all phases of Schematic
Design, Design Development, and Construction documentation. - Client and Design Team liaison
- Program analysis and space planning
- Code research
- Design and constructability review
- BIM implementation
- Consultant coördination
- Construction detail development
- Cost analysis and reduction strategies
The High School is developed with a 9th Grade Center, with a proposed capacity of 600 students. In addition, other academic areas are to house grades 10, 11 and 12, with a proposed capacity of 2,400 students and a core capacity of 3,000 students with a gross square footage of 624,343. As a comprehensive high school, this facility is designed with two 3-story academic wings that contain classrooms, administration, CTE classrooms and labs, collaboration spaces and science labs. All science labs and some CTE program spaces are located on the third level. The first floor is home to the primary administration offices, Learning Commons, Performing Arts Center, separate Dining Commons for 9th grade as well as 10th-12th grade students, a centralized kitchen, Physical Education, Natatorium, CTE, Fine Arts and other support spaces.