You've got to remember that money is always an issue in schools, and school management generally knows how to make it stretch as far as possible. There are ple

You've got to remember that money is always an issue in schools, and school management generally knows how to make it stretch as far as possible. There are plenty of side-by-side comparisons, where schools had been doing separate fundraising for construction, quite apart from the government funds. The school-administered building generally comes in at 1/2 to 1/3 the cost of the government funded jobs, and is generally done by local construction firms. In this case, the principals couldnt' even say what they wanted. You were given what you got : a new canteen even if you needed another 3 classrooms. The principals and school parent committees were given very little input into the process.