Ivywood had a special visitor this week from the leader of the Barney Charter School, Dr. Kathleen O’Toole. Dr. O’Toole is the founding Headmaster of Founders Classical Academy of Leander, a classical charter school north of Austin, TX and the Assistant Provost of K-12 Education at Hillsdale College.
“The school is young, but well on its way to success.” says O’Toole in her blog post about her recent visit.
Visit From the Headmaster’s Desk to read her blog and hear more about the visit.


Ivywood Classical Academy is a tuition-free public school academy that will educate students using the virtues-based, content-rich, classical education tradition.
Parents may start dropping students off at 7:50 am. Doors open at 8:00 am, and there are three drop off options:
Option 1: Drop off at 7:50, a staff member will supervise students outside of the building until the door open.
Option 2: Park and walk to the entrance from 8:00 - 8:10. Parents may escort their children to the front or side doors.
Option 3: Utilize the car loop from 7:50 - 8:09
Ivywood utilizes a staggered dismissal. All parents must park and enter through the main entrance. All designated pick-up people must present their ICA identification barcode which will be scanned by an ICA employee prior to gaining entrance to the building. Students are dismissed directly from classrooms.