Craig Holmes Central Valley School Board

Personal: Age 40 … lived in Spokane Valley for seven years … works as a financial planner for Waddell and Reid … former Baptist pastor in Wyoming and Minnesota … member of Central Valley School District committees, including Appleseed Foundation, guidance and counseling policy committee and parent advisory committee … married, three children.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in math from Eastern Washington University … master’s degree in divinity from North American Baptist Seminary in South Dakota.

Issues: Leaner administration, superintendent search, streamline bookkeeping process, supports firm local control of district, increase technology in the schools.

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