Complex sentence: So as a consequence of this poorly planned district, the students from Haddam Neck must travel nearly 40 minutes to school daily, so they perform consdiderably worse academically and are considered outcasts by the local residents.
Split into simpler sentences: So as a consequence of this poorly planned district, the students from Haddam Neck must travel nearly 40 minutes to school daily. These "Neckies" perform consdiderably worse academically and are considered outcasts by the local residents.