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The under fire boss of Los Angeles Unified School District will pocket nearly $15,000 in taxpayers’ money before the board even meets again, the Post can reveal.Alberto Carvalho, who has been suspended with pay since last Friday amid an FBI corruption probe, will make about $14,465 pre-tax by the time the board next sits on March 10.Based on his whooping $440,000 annual salary, he makes about $8,462 per week, or $16,923 every two weeks — roughly 13 times California’s minimum wage of $16.90 per hour.The fact he is being paid while hunkering down amid a media firestorm has sparked outrage.State superintendent candidate Sonja Shaw told the Post: “Time and time again the system is structured to protect adults first.
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Meanwhile children and families are left dealing with the damage.“When a superintendent is suspended and still collecting taxpayer money, parents see exactly what is wrong.“When districts borrow hundreds of millions to settle abuse claims, families see a structure that failed to protect students but somehow always manages to protect itself.“It creates the perception and often the reality that accountability is slow, limited, or negotiated behind closed doors.“If we want public trust back, children have to come first.Not contracts.
Not executive payouts.Not institutional self preservation.”She added: “Until the system is redesigned to prioritize student safety over adult protection, this cycle will continue.”Last week the LAUSD voted unanimously to place Carvalho on administrative leave after he became the focus of a fraud investigation by the FBI.Federal agents raided his ...