Less than one percent of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) employees were fired after failing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. On Tuesday, the school board moved to fire 496 of the district's approximately 73,000 workers. Most of the staff had probably been on leave since mid-October... ...Of those fired, 418 were....instructional aides, cafeteria workers, custodians and others.... ...Meanwhile, around 34,000 students have also not been vaccinated as mandated for children ages 12 and older... ...In Los Angeles, students who are not fully vaccinated—or exempt—will be forced into the district's independent study program or will have to leave...