Every number on this site comes from one of these public records. Where a figure is our own calculation from these sources (a percentage change, or spending per student), we say so next to it.
Washington State Auditor’s Office
- Report No. 1037118: Financial Statements and Federal Single Audit, CVSD No. 356, FY2024 (Sept. 1, 2023 – Aug. 31, 2024). Audited expenditures, fund balance, bonds, SEBB and child nutrition figures; Finding 2024-001; low-risk auditee status.
- Report No. 1035111: Financial Statements and Federal Single Audit, FY2023. Findings 2023-001 and 2023-002.
- Report No. 1021103: FY2017. Audited expenditures, fund balance, bonds; low-risk auditee, no findings.
Central Valley School District
- Current CVSD Budget Information: General Fund budgets; 2025-26 salaries and benefits ($231,196,941, 85.1%); 2023-24 state funding model (724.5 FTE, $24,940 per FTE, $18,069,030); LEA match.
- Replacement Levy FAQ and Levy page: 2028–2030 levy amounts ($48,900,000; $50,550,000; $52,400,000) at an estimated maximum $2.50 per $1,000; athletics, performing arts and extracurriculars (about $5.8 million a year, 100% levy-funded).
- Join Our Teacher Team: 2024-25 salary schedule (BA+0: $52,545; top of schedule over $118,000).
Federal and state education data
- NCES Common Core of Data, Central Valley School District: enrollment; administrators (13 district-level, 54 school-level, 2023-24).
- OSPI Washington State Report Card, Central Valley School District: state assessment results.
- US News, Central Valley School District (OSPI data, 2021-24) and Niche, Central Valley School District (2023-24): reading and math proficiency; Central Valley High School math proficiency.
- Ballotpedia, Central Valley School District (archived versions): 2014-15 General Fund budget (OSPI F-195); 2013-14 CVEA salary schedule; 2012-13 superintendent salary.
News reporting
- Spokesman-Review, July 31, 2026: “A partially reluctant, tax-wary Central Valley School Board sends $152 million levy to November ballot”: levy amounts and rates; 2024 levy estimate and collections; board member quotes.
- Spokesman-Review, Sept. 4, 2026: “Despite wary board, Central Valley School District brings operations levy renewal to November ballot”: Shannon Johnston quotes.
- Spokesman-Review, Sept. 15, 2026: “Central Valley School Board passes resolution to cap levy rates”: levy rate; total school tax rate.
- Spokesman-Review, Sept. 6 and Sept. 7, 2018: contract deal reached; teachers approve contract. And KREM: “Central Valley School District approves new contract for teachers”: 2018 McCleary-era raises.
Salary databases
- GovSalaries, Central Valley School District: 2024 superintendent salary; average and median employee salary change, 2023 to 2024.
- Know Spokane: 2012-13 superintendent salary. [LINK NEEDED]
Elections
- Spokane County Elections, Current Election: ballot mailing dates and registration deadlines for Nov. 3, 2026.
- Spokane County Sample Ballot, Nov. 3, 2026: Central Valley School District No. 356 Proposition No. 1, Replacement of Expiring Educational Programs and Operations Levy (Resolution No. 26-13), with levy amounts and estimated rates.