At the end of the school year in June, the Washington district said good-bye to 25 staff members and new employees were hired, but the age of staff overall grew older. In total, 626 years of experience retired from the district. Staff demographic information for 2016-2017 was shared at the recent school board meeting. In regards to age of current staff, 16% are in their twenties, 22% are in their thirties, 23% are in their forties, 26% in their fifties and 13% are 60 years old or older. Last year, 53% of staff was over 40 years old and that’s increased to 62%. There are 288 employees.