Governance
IVA is the 1,504th charter school in the State of California and the first to be founded on the innovative educational model of intellectual character virtues. Charter schools are free, public independent schools authorized by their local school district or county office of education. Charter petitions go through a regular renewal processes.
IVA's Charter is authorized by the Long Beach Unified School District. The original petition was adopted by LBUSD in 2012 and received a renewal in 2016 which extends through June 2024. We love our charter petition as it describes the educational model along financial and compliance elements. We encourage you to read our charter and let us know if you have any questions.
As an independent public charter school IVA creates plans and goals related to budget expenditures reported through the LCAP, or Local Control Accountability Plan. To create the annual LCAP IVA engages with parents, educators, employees, students and the community. Parents are engaged both informally through Parent Academy and other direct contact meetings and formally annual parent surveys and public board meetings. IVA's LCAP takes into account results and feedback annually as the school creates plans to address implementing the mission and vision toward both academic and social-emotional support. Please see the LCAP page for specifics.
IVA annually updates school data through the SARC or School Accountability Report Card.