The Cobb County School Board approved an $841.9 million budget for FY13 with a vote of 4-3 Monday morning during a special called meeting, which gave employees back two furlough days and elementary media paraprofessionals. The budget was approved after the board could not come to a final agreement at a meeting last week.

The board members who opposed the proposed budget by Cobb Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa are Kathleen Angelucci, Alison Bartlett and Tim Stultz.

After the board failed to adopt a budget last Thursday, they came back Monday and approved a budget that restored two of the five furlough days originally proposed and media paraprofessionals in the elementary schools.

In a separate vote, they also approved an amended 2012-2013 school year calendar that included the three furlough days, 6-1, with board member David Banks opposing. The furlough days will be taken on Dec. 21, Feb. 15, 2013, and May 30, 2013.

Faced with a shortfall of about $62.4 million for next year, the board's recommendation also included increasing class sizes by two students on average, cutting 350 teaching positions of which only 15 remain, delaying a step increase for eligible employees to mid-year, using $23 million in SPLOST II excess funds to lower the property millage rate and $28.2 million in reserve funds to help offset the deficit.