The Brief
- The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education unanimously appointed Andrés Chait as its permanent superintendent following a closed-session vote.
- Chait, a 30-year district veteran and former kindergarten teacher, had been serving as acting leader since former superintendent Alberto Carvalho was placed on leave in February.
- Carvalho formally resigned on Sunday amid an ongoing FBI investigation into a failed artificial intelligence chatbot venture between the district and the now-defunct company AllHere.
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education has unanimously appointed insider Andrés Chait as its permanent superintendent.
Chait takes the helm of the nation’s second-largest school district following the abrupt resignation of his predecessor under the cloud of a federal investigation.
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