The White Salmon Valley School District board of directors announced they were appointing former District Superintendent Jerry Lewis to serve in that role for the remainder of this school year.  The announcement was made following an executive session of the board Thursday night.  Lewis replaces Sean McGeeney, who leaves the position in the wake of a controversy over how the district has ended up facing a budget shortfall of $3.5 million for the upcoming academic year.  The district had a reserve of about $2.5 million when Lewis retired two years ago, but McGeeney had said that was down to about $90,000.  The board did not elaborate on reasons for the change, noting there are details it cannot legally share at this time.