There were many voices that wanted to be heard Thursday night at a Community Board 12 meeting discussing what to do with the overflow of students at P.S. 160 in Borough Park.

"It's really overcrowded and it's kind of hard to learn," said fourth grader Sandra Kralik.

Although everyone agrees 821 students at a school built for 500 is too many, what should happen to the extra 321 kids from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade is where the two sides strongly disagree.

The city has proposed building an annex on an empty lot in the school's back yard; a plan parents and teachers support.

"Build on it, build on it," said parent Lourdes Roman. "It will be an asset to the community to have a good school. It will be great. It will be a better school if we have the space."

But Assemblyman Dov Hikind says with a $50 million price tag, the construction option is too costly.

"When we are talking about budget cuts in education, which will affect this entire community, to go spend $50 million now I think is insane," said Hikind.

Hikind argues the overflow students should fill chairs instead at nearby, underutilized schools, such as P.S. 164, which is little more than a mile away.

"It's not an ideal situation to have to send kids a little bit of a distance away, but some of the schools in the neighborhood are at 83-84 percent capacity," said the assemblyman.

It's ultimately the community board's decision what happens, but one thing is clear, Hikind's point of view is being met with a lot of opposition.

"This is the future of tomorrow, the future scientists," said one parent.

"They don't have access to a library or other things kids in our community have access to," said teacher Jeanine McSharry. "They are having gym in a lunchroom."

"We should have a gym and they should build that school [in the back yard]," said a student.

The community board will vote on the issue at their next meeting on Tuesday.