Teacher Allegedly Sought Lewd Behavior With Minor

A 48-year-old Los Angeles Unified School District administrator was arrested on suspicion of attempting to meet with a 15-year- old former student for the purposes of committing a lewd act, police announced Monday.

Robert Nagai, who lives in Chatsworth, had an "ongoing inappropriate relationship" with the student, police said. He was an assistant principal at Hale Middle School. He left the school in 2011 and has been working in operations at the Educational Service Center since then.

"We have been working with and cooperating fully with the Los Angeles Police Department since they brought these allegations to our attention late last Friday," said Dave Holmquist, the school district's general counsel.

"Although we have every indication that this was an isolated incident, we have issued a notice to parents at Hale Middle School about the arrest. Our top priority is ensuring students are able to achieve academic success, which requires a safe learning environment. We are all impacted when these sorts of incidents occur."

Police did not say if the alleged victim is a girl or boy.

Nagai is free on bail.

Although there is no information to suggest there are additional victims, detectives are asking anyone with information on the case to call Detective F. Avila at (818) 756-3375.

--City News Service