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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano

LA superintendent placed on leave after FBI raid on home and district office

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Alberto Carvalho holds a press conference at Jefferson high school in south LA in November 2024. Photograph: Sarah Reingewirtz/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

Two days after the FBI searched the headquarters of the Los Angeles unified school district and the home of its superintendent, the district board of education placed Alberto Carvalho on administrative leave.

The board met in closed session meetings for several hours on Thursday and Friday to discuss Carvalho’s employment with the nation’s second largest school district. The trustees unanimously voted Friday to place Carvalho on paid leave, and appointed another high ranking district official, Andres Chait, to serve as interim superintendent.

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