Cheney School Board gets budget preview

At its June 8 work session, the Cheney School Board got a good look at its 2016-17 budget.

Kassidy Probert, the district’s director of finance, said he budgeted for 4,360 full-time equivalent students, 37 more than last year.

Probert said there have been spikes in enrollment in the last couple of years — 4,173 in 2014 and 4,323 in 2015 — which was due to the district implementing full-time kindergarten.

The district’s overall revenues are expected to come in at over $52.33 million with expenses at just over $52.27 million for a surplus of $56,508 at the end of the year. The excess will be adde...