IVA High is authorized through the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE). We were founded on the innovative educational model of intellectual character virtues. Charter schools are free, public independent schools. Charter petitions go through a regular renewal process.
The original petition was adopted by LACOE in 2015 and received an 8 year renewal in 2019. 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. For feedback to LACOE, you can contact our CSO.
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 or “Family Learning Lounges” and other direct contact meetings, and formally through 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.
IVA annually updates school data through the SARC, or School Accountability Report Card. All of these documents are listed below.
Documentation: Charter, SARC, LCAP, Annual Reports & More
Board Policy Information
At IVA High we value respect, room for disagreement, consideration of multiple perspectives, transparency and due-diligence. We reflect our mission to foster meaningful growth in the nine master virtues by incorporating these virtues into the decision making process and our board policies. The board follows the Carver model of board-governance whereby the board establishes the ends and the staff determines the means to carry out these ends. The board stays out of the day-to-day operations and focuses on governance work at the scheduled meetings.