Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 2/16/2022 - 3:30 PM
Category: Consent Calendar
Type: Action
Subject: 11.3 CURRICULUM: Ratification of Agreement With Next Careers for the 2022 FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifier Tournament (no fiscal impact)
Strategic Plan:
Enclosure
File Attachment:
2022 QT Host Master Terms and Agreement-Heritage.pdf
Summary: The District entered into an Agreement with Next Careers to be a league host for the 2022 FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Qualifier Tournament. On October 20, 2021, the Board approved the Agreement with Next Careers to be a league host for the 2021-22 FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC). This Agreement allows the District to host the Qualifying tournament (QT) on February 5, 2022, and February 6, 2022, at Heritage High School. The QT will decide whether or not teams will move on to the Los Angeles Championships in Monrovia. Each event will have 24 teams, possibly coming from as far as Ventura, Palmdale, Thousand Oaks, and as close as Hemet and Temecula.

Perris has been participating with FTC for nine (9) years now and has grown from three (3) teams to as many as fifteen (15), with up to one hundred and fifty (150) students participating district-wide.

The term of the Agreement shall be from January 1, 2022, through February 28, 2022.

This item is being brought before the Board as ratification due to the receipt of this Agreement from FIRST Tech Challenge organization to host a qualifier tournament event, post FIRST Tech Challenge competition.
Funding: No fiscal impact.
Recommendation: It is recommended that the Board of Trustees ratify the Agreement with Next Careers for the 2022 FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifier Tournament.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Dian Martin - Director - Educational Services
Signed By:
Robert Brough - Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services
Signed By:
Sylvia Hinojosa - Director - Purchasing
Signed By:
Candace Reines - Deputy Superintendent
Signed By:
Grant Bennett - Superintendent
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Dr. Jose Luis Araux Moved, Member Dr. Randall Freeman seconded to approve the Original motion 'It is recommended that the Board of Trustees ratify the Agreement with Next Careers for the 2022 FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifier Tournament.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 5 - 0
   
Dr. Randall Freeman     Yes
Elizabeth Vallejo     Yes
Dr. Jose Luis Araux     Yes
Anthony T. Stafford, Sr.     Yes
David Nelissen     Yes