One member of the Marion County School Board has changed her mind and now the district won’t be hiring new teachers even though they have the money.

Earlier this month the board approved rehiring 30 art and music teachers laid off last summer. Tuesday board member Angela Boynton changed her vote, sending $1.8 million to the District’s reserve fund instead.

That means remaining teachers will continue to serve two schools each, rotating between them each grading period.

Chris Altobello is a parent of two first graders.

“They received more P.E., more art, more music and more library at their pre-school than they did at their kindergarten last year," Altobello said. "And as a parent I find that unconscionable.”

Altobello is also the head of the Marion Education Association, and said he supports the board’s recent change of heart. He said the decision to hire them in the first place came just one week before the beginning of the school year.

“People just don’t understand you can’t just snap your fingers and put these 30 positions back, there’s a thought process and contract process you have to go through so it was going to take time,” Altobello said.

In November voters will be asked to decide on a 1 mil referendum for schools, specifically designed to raise nearly $60 million over the next four years to fully fund art and music programs, as well as physical education teachers and media specialists beginning in 2015.