[Taylor]

Wow, there is a LOT of speculation in here that is being taken as fact. Please keep the following points in mind going forward:

1. The financial processes of your specific school are NOT the same as other schools, especially those out of your state. Don't make broad financial generalizations.
2. School boards are more bound to policy than they are to common sense. So are the people who are charged with following Board policy.
3. If a school representative is not formally and actively monitoring ANYBODY - regardless of age or affiliation - on school grounds, the legal and ethical issues and ramifications that are created are enormous.
4. We don't know the source of the original news story, or the intentions of said source.
5. There could be a formal process the team could go through to recoup "their" possessions and funds, and that process hasn't been followed or isn't completed.
6. The team is not necessarily a separate entity from the school. See #1.

If any of you choose to contact the team, the school, or the stakeholders, please do so in a respectful and informed manner. As SAM said, there's no need for pitchforks and torches when an olive branch would suffice.