Would a wider entrance or multiple entrances help move hundreds of students faster? Could the courtyard be covered with an elevated canopy to allow a shaded/ rainproof space to gather before and after games?
Since the track is in a drought stricken state is there a way to design the field to have a slope that feeds water run-off into a drainage canal that captures and stores rainwater for later in the year? It is also important to get this water off the field to fight the mosquito population that carry west nile.