Merit System for Classified Employment

Glendale Unified School District is a merit system agency. We are dedicated to the proper selection and retention of classified employees. The District's merit system dates back to 1967 and is based on the following principles:

1. Classified applicants are selected through procedures emphasizing merit (qualifications and skills) as the prime factor in employment.
2. Employment and promotion are based on merit, as shown by the competitive examination.
3. Positions in the classified service are delineated according to type and level so that employees performing similar tasks at the same complexity and responsibility are compensated equally.

About the Personnel Commission

The GUSD Personnel Commission is a nonpartisan public body responsible for administering a merit system. Its fundamental purpose is to ensure that employees are selected, promoted, and retained without favoritism or prejudice on the basis of merit and fitness, as regulated by the California Education Code and the District's Classified Rules and Regulations. View a copy of the Rules and Regulations of Classified Service.

Responsibilities of the Personnel Commission

• Applications
• Examinations
• Classifications
• Appeals from disciplinary action
• Other rules and regulations pertaining to employment

Current Members

The Personnel Commission is composed of three members appointed for three-year terms, with one member's term expiring each year. One commissioner is appointed by the Board of Education, one by the Board upon nomination by GUSD classified employees, and the third by the other two commissioners. 

• Mr. Najeeb Khoury, Chairperson (appointed by the Personnel Commission)
• Mrs. Angelica Reyes, Vice-Chairperson (appointed by the California School Employees Association)
• Mr. Aram Ordubegian, Member (appointed by the Board of Education)

Dr. Kyle Bruich, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and Director of Classified Personnel, acts as the Secretary to the Personnel Commission.