LAUSD Superintendent Albert Carvalho during a school board meeting on August 30, 2022.
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Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Alberto Carvalho confirmed at a press conference Thursday morning that the district denied entry to officials from the Department of Homeland Security seeking information on five students in first through sixth grades.
On Monday morning, officials arrived at two district elementary schools, Lillian Street Elementary School and Russell Elementary School, both located in South Los Angeles. According to Carvalho, Monday’s interactions marked the first effort by federal authorities to enter Los Angeles’s public schools.
He said at the news conference that the visit by federal officials was “a sad day across Los Angeles — not just for our school system, but for our entire community.”
“As a school system, we have a professional responsibility to…
