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Merit System Principles

Lynwood Unified School District is committed to the goal of fair and equitable employment practices in the effort to hire the most qualified educational support staff assisting in the education of the Lynwood Unified School District students.

It is one of approximately 100 school districts in California to utilize the Merit System to ensure that this goal continues to be met in the administration of the Classified Personnel. The Merit System encompasses these basic principles and concepts:

  • Hiring and promoting employees based on their ability
  • Open competition in initial employment
  • Providing meaningful compensation
  • Retaining employees based on performance
  • Assisting employees to understand clearly articulated expectations that are reasonable for the classification.
  • Addressing inadequate employee performance.
  • Training employees, as needed, for high quality performance.
  • Assuring fair treatment in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to political affiliation, race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or religious creed and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights.
  • Protecting employees against political coercion and prohibiting the use of official positions to affect an election or nomination for office