Board Agendas and Shared Governance
Intellectual Virtues Academy Schools
Welcome to the governance hub for Intellectual Virtues Academy Schools, serving both IVA Middle and IVA High School in Long Beach, CA. We are committed to transparency and respect in our decision-making, ensuring our tuition-free public charter schools operate with integrity and community input. Below, you’ll find board meeting agendas, minutes, and details on how to participate.
Board Meeting Schedule
When: Typically the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM (unless otherwise noted). The full schedule can be found here.
Where: The location rotates between IVA Middle and IVA High:
IVA Middle – 3601 Linden Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90807
IVA High – 1637 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90813
Agendas are posted online and physically at each school’s entrance at least three days prior to meetings.
Public Participation
We value community input and invite you to engage with our board.
Requesting to Speak at a Board Meeting:
To ensure an equal sharing opportunity is offered to all those wishing to participate, up to ten participants will be allotted three minutes each to speak on items that are already on the agenda, and up to ten participants will be allotted three minutes each to speak on any school business matters not already on the agenda.
Most often, IVA board meetings have fewer than ten members of the public wishing to participate and can therefore accommodate all requests to participate. Even so, to ensure there is space for your participation, it is suggested that you submit a public testimony request prior to the meeting. Such requests can be delivered to the school directly, or by submitting this form. If more than ten requests are received, they will be accommodated on first-come-first-served basis.
Speaking Guidelines:
Please state your name and address for the record, and direct your remarks to the chair.
No person shall orally present or discuss, at any meeting of the Board, charges or complaints against an individual employee. Remarks by any person addressing the Board which reflect adversely upon the political, religious, racial or economic views, character, or motives of any person are out of order.
Adding an Item to a Future Board Agenda:
Members of the public may also submit this form to request an item of school business be added to a future board agenda. Such requests must be received at least 10 working days prior to the meeting date and will be forwarded to the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Board Chair or designee will determine whether the matter is directly related to school district business.
Board Policies
At IVA 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.
Contact The Board
For questions or to request additional documents, email Dan Hertzler, Chairman of the Board, at dan.hertzler@ivalongbeach.org.