The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

PRESCOTT - When Prescott School District Su­perintendent Dr. Carolyn Marsh announced in June that she wanted to retire in the hopes of being rehired, she knew she was taking a risk.

After all, there is no guar­antee she'll get her old job back by the time school starts again. Her goal was to resume receiving her pension ben­efits, which she forfeited after taking the superinten­dent's job in Prescott three years ago, then be rehired as superintendent and receive the position's salary as well.

Such "retire-rehire" sce­narios are not uncommon. Washington state law allows them, and they often hap...