Extensive budget cuts are directly affecting public schools ability to meet changing education and facility needs. School district administrators have limited resources to address growing student populations and aging buildings that are ill suited to modern needs. We worked with the district to find impactful solutions that worked within their limited budget. This project resolves two acute needs at the middle school; providing an all-season outdoor lunch area and reclaiming a neglected space. It was a collaborative effort between a wide array of stakeholders within the school district. This partnership demonstrates effective use of low and no cost design solutions that optimize existing conditions and foreground waste material as viable building stock. By reconfiguring and systematizing offcuts, scrap, and salvaged material, the project was made feasible and achieved a scope much more impactful than the district initially thought possible with their very limited budget.