More than 400 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) employees were fired this week for not complying with the district’s vaccine mandate, officials confirmed. Board Vice President Nick Melvoin told the Los Angeles Daily News that more than 400 school staff members were fired this week. A spokesperson for the district told the outlet that specifically, about 496 were let go after a 7–0 school board vote. “Despite no one’s excitement at dismissing over 400 (staff members), the overall majority of our employees have been vaccinated and one of the reasons we’ve been able to keep schools open since August,” Melvoin said. Overall, about 1,100 LAUSD staff have been fired over the mandate so far, he continued. The former employees were placed on leave in mid-October when LAUSD staffers were supposed to have reached the deadline to receive their first shot under the district’s vaccine mandate, the district spokesperson said. …