FBI agents search places tied to Alberto Carvalho, head of the US’ second-largest school district

Law enforcement officers served a search warrant at LAUSD, the second-largest school district in the nation, and the nearby home of its superintendent, Alberto Carvalho. Photo / Getty Images

FBI agents on today searched the headquarters of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the home of its superintendent.

Law enforcement officers served a search warrant at LAUSD, the second-largest district in the United States, and the nearby home of its superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller said.

The FBI did not disclose the reason for the searches. Warrants for the searches were sealed as of today, Eimiller said.

Generally, searches occur in the early stages of FBI investigations, she said.

In a brief statement Wednesday, LAUSD said it was aware of the law enforcement activity at its headquarters and its superintendent’s home.

The district said it was co-operating with the investigation but did not give details about its nature.

Carvalho clashed with US federal law enforcement at the start of the school year, as his district began standing up “safe zones” to shield students travelling to and from school from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

ICE agents then briefly and mistakenly detained a teenage LAUSD student.

“This cannot happen,” Carvalho said at a news conference that day. “This is the exact type of incident that traumatises our community.”

LAUSD is home to more than 520,000 students.

Before taking the district’s top post in February 2022, Carvalho was superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida for more than a decade.

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