The White Salmon Valley School District Board will be approving a budget for the 2023-24 school year at its meeting next Thursday.  The budget was developed with the backdrop of a projected shortfall of around $2.5 million, but Interim District Superintendent Jerry Lewis says they have gotten everything in order, and after a lot of hard work they have a balanced budget that will include an ending fund balance to carry over from the current school year projected at about $900,000.  Lewis does say the target for an ending fund balance for a district with the budget White Salmon has should be $2 million.  Lewis will be stepping away from the interim superintendent role after the budget approval, with Rich Polkinghorn stepping into the permanent position.