Reaction grows after LAUSD Board places Superintendent Carvalho on paid leave

The Los Angeles Unified school board’s unanimous decision to place Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on paid administrative leave prompted relief from some quarters and fresh questions Friday, as leaders weighed what the move could mean for stability in the nation’s second-largest school district.

The school board voted to place Carvalho on leave pending the investigation after nearly seven hours of closed-door deliberations spanning two days. The board simultaneously appointed Chief of School...