FBI raids Los Angeles school district headquarters and superintendent’s home | Los Angeles

The FBI raided the headquarters of the Los Angeles unified school district, the second-largest school district in the United States, and the home of district superintendent Alberto Carvalho, federal authorities confirmed Wednesday.

An unnamed source familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press that authorities were executing arrest warrants that were part of an “ongoing investigation.”

Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles, confirmed a search was conducted.

“We can confirm a search pursuant to a court-approved, sealed arrest warrant. We will have no further comment,” McEvoy said.

The Los Angeles unified school district said in a statement that it was “notified of law enforcement activities” at its headquarters and at Carvalho’s home.

“The district is cooperating with the investigation and we have no further information at this time.”

Images taken by ABC7 Carvalho’s street in San Pedro was blocked off with crime scene tape while FBI agents were outside his home.

Authorities also reportedly searched a property in Florida where Carvalho worked before coming to Los Angeles.

FBI spokesman James Marshall in Miami told the AP that agents searched a residence in Broward County, west of Fort Lauderdale, on Wednesday morning and “cleared the scene.”

The Los Angeles unified school district serves more than 500,000 students in more than two dozen cities.

Carvalho has served as superintendent since February 2022 and previously led public schools in Miami-Dade County from 2008 to 2021. He is credited with improving graduation rates and academic performance in Florida’s largest school district. Los Angeles Board of Education in September voted Carvalho to serve as superintendent for four more years.

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