well i kinda call that bad city planning ^^ good city planning would not need a school with 600+ parking spots :) cause residential area is build arround the school with walkways so most of the ppl that go to school have residence in walking distance further residential ares would have bicycle lanes :) the bicycle reach residents can still walk but take 20-30 minutes and in winter they are served with a bus...  and further out residents are served with a bus... then u need minimal parking for working personel only... im form austria we are allowed to drive in special occasions at age 16 but normal its age 18 our schools are organized in a way that ppl can reach per foot/bike and further out it is busses... no need for a parking lot 3times the size of the school and also in all other aspects looking at the citys sattelite images i can say typical US bad city planning all the way... huge suburbs with no shops and shops located arround those suburbs...