FBI raids Los Angeles school district headquarters and superintendent's home

The FBI carried out search warrants Wednesday at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and at Superintendent Alberto Carvalho's home as part of a federal investigation.

The Associated Press reports that an FBI spokesman has confirmed that agents were at the properties to serve warrants but declined to comment further because affidavits laying out details for the basis for the searches were under seal.

A third location in Florida was also being searched. Carvalho was superintendent of the Miami-Dade County district before taking the top job in the Los Angeles school system in 2022.

TV news footage showed agents in FBI shirts and jackets outside Superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s home in the San Pedro neighborhood about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. There was no visible sign of agents outside the district headquarters as of mid-morning.

The Los Angeles Unified School District is the nation’s second largest public school system.