Carvalho was threatened with possible dismissal before he resigned as LAUSD superintendent

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Alberto Carvalho resigned, the Board of Education warned him in a confidential letter that it had potential grounds to dismiss him, citing several allegations, including that Carvalho allowed a district contractor currently under federal investigation to pay for his travel to Washington, D.C.Issues raised by the board in the letter sent to Carvalho included a 2023 trip to the White House allegedly subsidized by AllHere, the company at the center of an ongoing FBI investigation that also involves the former superintendent, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the letter.

The school board’s letter raised the possibility that Carvalho could be terminated “for cause” based on alleged financial benefits he did not report on required disclosure forms, said the sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak officially about the matter.Details of the letter and other correspondence were described to The Times by two district sources who reviewed the document.

A representative for Carvalho also confirmed the contents of the board’s letter.Carvalho’s spokesperson said each of the issues raised was offset by mitigating factors and that none of the cited actions — individually or collectively — would have justified Carvalho’s dismissal.

While Carvalho’s resignation was widely reported — and precipitated the appointment of Andrés Chait as the new superintendent three days later — there was no indication at the time that the school board had been pressuring Carvalho to step down.The seven-member school board placed Carvalho on paid leave two days after a Feb.

25 FBI raid of his home and office.In his resignation letter, which Carvalho made public, he said he was leaving “because I believe our schools must remain focused on s...