Cobb School Board Reaches Budget Impasse

Updated 9:35 p.m. 

The Cobb Board of Education on Thursday failed to pass a proposed $842 million operating budget for fiscal year 2012-13, unable to agree on a combination of measures to address an estimated $62 million deficit. 

Four different alternatives were presented, and all four were defeated.

Among them were a proposal by East Cobb board member David Banks caling for two furlough days and no increase in class sizes; that measure was defeated by a 6-1 vote. 

The board voted 4-3 against another option that would include three furlough days and restoring funds for paraprofessionals. 

Board chairman Scott Sweeney of East Cobb said a special called meeting to be announced would be required to pass the budget impasse, but even he admitted he didn't know how the board's differences would be resolved.

Original Report: 

The Cobb County Board of Education is scheduled to vote tonight on the , the school calendar that accommodates the , a contractor to prepare for a  and the pursuit of donations and grants to support starting in the 2013-14 school year.

The board is meeting at 7 p.m. at the Central Office, 514 Glover St., Marietta. A half-hour of public comments will open the meeting, followed by for some newly crowned Georgia High School Association state champions.

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