Granada Hills Teachers Could Be First To Lose Jobs Over Vaccine

NORHTRIDGE-CHATSWORTH, CA — Seven Granada Hills Charter School employees were fired last week for refusing to comply with the Los Angeles Unified School District's vaccine mandate, the Los Angeles Daily News reported.

97 percent of LAUSD teachers and administrations got their vaccines in time for the mandate's deadline of Oct. 15, the Los Angeles Times reported.

LAUSD was one of the first school systems in the country to require COVID-19 vaccines for employees, the LA Times reported. The board approved the mandate on Aug. 13, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. The mandate offers no alternative option for teachers to get tested regularly in lieu of the vaccine.

The Granada Hills Charter School board of directors unanimously voted to fire the seven employees on Wednesday, after the employees who had already been denied exemption requests, their attorney told LA Daily News.

The Granada Hills teachers may be the first in the state to lose their jobs over COVID-19 vaccines, said some of the teachers' attorney James Lloyd.

But they certainly won't be the last — many teachers across Los Angeles find their jobs in peril for refusing the vaccine for many different reasons, the Los Angeles Times reported.