[1] The concept of SER-Niños was created by Dianne Mancus; she worked with the Houston Hispanic Forum to help obtain a charter to operate the school.

SER-Niños was originally within rented rooms of the Bellaire Christian Church in Gulfton before moving into its own $5 million facility on Alder Drive.

[2] Since SER-Niños not a part of any school district, administrators do not go to a central authority to ask for approval of any proposed changes.

[7] Allen Matusow, a history professor and academic affairs director who served on the board of directors of SER-Niños as a member and as a one-time chairperson, said that the school decided to use the dual language approach because studies demonstrated that the approach was the most effective manner of teaching two languages.

[7] As of 2009[update] parents are required to sign agenda books and assignments on a daily basis.

Charmaine Constantine, the principal of the school, said in 2009 that students who fail courses at the school tend to do so because they do not continue doing their assignments or because their parents are no longer willing to continue signing assignments and drive the students to extra Saturday classes.

[7] The uniform for elementary consists of white or yellow polo shirts and navy blue pants, skirt, or shorts.

[8] In 2009 the school's Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) scores included 97% in mathematics, 91% for reading, 76% for science, 99% for social studies, and 99% for writing.