Spoiler
It's an elementary school.
Lafayette, Louisiana is so car dependent that their brand new elementary school is built like an industrial center where trucks line up to deliver and pick up goods.
All of this for a demographic (kids) that can't even drive.
There might be. If that city is anything like mine the administrators wanted paved playgrounds because they cost slightly less to maintain. Playground at my elementary looked like a fucking parking lot. So many kids got injured worse than they should have playing sports lol