Six weeks into the school year and students continue to crowd into classrooms in Dorchester District 2. One school in particular is literally being pushed to the edge.

The cafeteria at Oakbrook Elementary is always a buzz. 

"Lunch and breakfast are served continuously all day," said Principal Monica O'Dea who says they feed 1,125 students every day.

O'dea is in charge of the largest elementary school is Dorchester District 2. The cafeteria was built to accommodate just over 600.

And with more and more communities surrounding Oakbrook, O'Dea expects her enrollment to grow even larger.

"Even if we grow 100 even next year that's over 1,200 students. That's four more classrooms.

And those classrooms won't be in the main building but outside.

Oakbrook Elementary has the most number of mobile classrooms in the entire district, a total of 26, but as this school continues to grow there's going to be the need for more classrooms and as you can see there's no more space available.

Dorchester District 2 is growing so fast it needs a new school every year. 17 of the district's 21 schools are at capacity. The school board wants a referendum to build more facilities. But there's no guarantee they'll get it.

"People are waiting for impact fees to be set forth by the legislature. People are waiting for the state to start paying for new buildings. People are waiting for moratoriums," according to Joe Pye, the district superintendent.

Dorchester County has reportedly approved construction of 15,000 new homes.

"If I grow another 900 students a year for the next three years, that's 2,000 more kids that we really don't have a place for,” Pye said.

And in the short term, more students are expected at Oakbrook. O'Dea says they get another influx after Christmas.

O'Dea says despite the over crowding none of the school's programs are compromised.