Welcome to government funding.

School District: we need a new school

Enrollment: 4200

Government: Awesome, here’s $4.2 million, go build the 4200 student school.

SD: Uhh, won’t that take a few years? Should we add some buffer space to the plan?

Government: ehh, naah

Spongebob 3 years later: Welcome to Springfield High School!

Enrollment: 6900

Springfield: see, gooberment, we needed more classrooms!

Gooberment: heh, would you look at that. Lol. Well, use your budget to build some portables.

SD: Us? Why don’t you pay!?!?

Gooberment: Oh, haha, yeah, that’s an operating expense. We only fund capital projects! Don’t worry, give us a plan to expand and we can fund you in 10 years

10 years later: Ok gooberment, our numbers say we need 15 classrooms. But for the expansion, we should do 20 for future proofing

Gooberment: Oh, but you only need 15 now? Yeah here’s money for 25

2 years later: Here’s 15 classrooms!

SD: We need 25…

Gooberment: Oh, yeah, get some portables and talk to us in a few years!

Rinse and repeat