LA school district superintendent placed on paid leave

(The Center Square) – Alberto Carvalho, the Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent, was placed on paid administrative leave by the Board of Education late Friday afternoon pending an FBI investigation. Carvalho's home in the coastal San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles was searched Wednesday by FBI agents who arrived with a warrant and left carrying boxes. Media reports have said the investigation may be linked to possible kickbacks when Carvalho was superintendent of Miami-Dade County schools. Other news reports say the search was tied to AllHere, an artificial intelligence company that the LAUSD hired in 2024 for a $6 million chatbot that was never created. Carvalho has not been charged with any crime and has not commented on the search. The U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI's Los Angeles Office told The Center Square they could not comment and that the search warrant affidavit was under seal. The Board of Education of the nation's second-largest school district voted 7