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LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho must step down following federal corruption probe

LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho must stand aside. But Wednesday’s FBI raid on his home was only the last straw.

As The California Post reported, the FBI conducted raids on Carvalho’s LAUSD office, his home in San Pedro, and a location in Miami amid a corruption probe.

The raids were widely reported to be connected to a failed AI chatbot in which Carvalho had invested district funds.

The founder of AllHere, the company that created the chatbot, was arrested in November 2024 and charged with fraud in federal court in New York.

Carvalho is entitled to the presumption of innocence. Yet the raid renews questions about his ability to lead the district.

Already, Carvalho faces a lawsuit from former Superintendent Austin Beutner regarding nearly $77 million in allegedly misused Proposition 28 arts funds. 

The LAUSD renewed Carvalho’s contract in 2025 anyway.

The district has also continued to lose students on Carvalho’s watch.

Enrollment fell 4% this........

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