For the definitive reason as to why this happened check McLean Patch at
http://mclean.patch.com/. Would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
Apparently the little darlings feel undervalued by society because despite numerous playing fields, tennis courts and the like they don't have artificial turf fields. And worse, the neighbors have asked the school to meet existing noise regulations with the loud speaker so games won't continue to be heard inside houses for blocks around. How cruel!
But, the author explains, we as adults can learn from our mistakes and correct them. Clearly, these teenagers have been neglected and abused by the community, but it is not too late for the community to mend its ways and end
the suffering of these children. She even managed to work in the "going to school in trailers whine". Wow.