California charter renewal guide · Updated September 18, 2026
A source-based briefing for school leaders, board members, families, and other stakeholders preparing for Intellectual Virtues Academy High's next charter renewal.
This independent guide organizes public information for renewal preparation. It is not an authorizer finding, legal opinion, rating, or prediction of the school's renewal outcome.
Renewal context
LACOE records indicate that IVA High's current charter term runs through June 30, 2027. The California Department of Education places the school in the Middle Performing Category for the 2026 renewal cycle.
A middle-category school may be renewed for a five-year term. The category provides a viable statutory pathway, but renewal is not automatic. The authorizer may still examine the school's academic performance, fiscal condition, governance, legal compliance, attendance, enrollment, and capacity to implement its program.
The practical task for IVA High is to connect its genuine educational strengths to a complete, consistent public record while resolving foreseeable questions before they are framed in an authorizer staff report.
Assets to carry into renewal
IVA High's program is organized around intellectual virtues such as curiosity, carefulness, courage, humility, open-mindedness, and perseverance. Its LCAP describes a comprehensive college-preparatory program that includes honors and dual-enrollment opportunities.
The 2026–27 LCAP reports six consecutive years of parent satisfaction at 97 percent or higher and 98 percent agreement in fall surveys that the school's programs promote deep thinking.
The LCAP reports above-national-average growth across multiple NWEA data sets, an 87 percent graduation rate overall, and strong participation and completion in dual-enrollment coursework.
Preparation signals
These are preparation prompts drawn from public records, not conclusions about renewal eligibility or school quality.
The 2026–27 LCAP reports chronic absenteeism at 51 percent against a 27.9 percent baseline, while ADA is reported at 88 percent. Leadership should be able to document the accuracy, causes, interventions, implementation, and subsequent results behind those figures.
The LCAP projects $2,123,212 in revenue and $2,270,111 in spending for 2026–27, a difference of $146,899. The renewal record should reconcile that plan with enrollment assumptions, cash, reserves, multiyear projections, and corrective decisions.
A small-school model can produce meaningful growth while also creating volatile year-to-year metrics. IVA should present disaggregated evidence carefully, distinguish statistically stable findings from small-cohort variation, and connect program actions to measurable outcomes.
The charter petition, LCAP, Dashboard data, budgets, audits, board minutes, compliance documents, and leadership testimony should describe the same priorities, progress, and remaining work.
Leadership and board discussion
Evidence file
Public sources reviewed
The CDE's 2026 charter-school performance-category file and explanation of renewal categories.
School-published program, student, attendance, academic, engagement, and budget information.
Official directory information, CDS code, school status, grade span, contacts, and authorizer.
School-published description of the intellectual-virtues model and the IVA school community.
Public records change and may contain errors. School leaders are invited to send a correction or additional source. UCLG will review documented corrections promptly and display the date of material updates.
Confidential Renewal Readiness Review
UCLG examines the complete academic, attendance, enrollment, governance, fiscal, compliance, and operational record through the authorizer's lens, then delivers a prioritized corrective action plan and leadership briefing.