AS SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT gears up for the first day of school on Monday, educators and law enforcement are urging the public to travel with extra caution to ensure students can get to and from school safely. 

SFUSD Superintendent Maria Su, Interim Police Chief Paul Yep, District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Director Julie Kirschbaum, SFUSD Commissioner Supryia Ray, and others gathered outside Ulloa Elementary School in the Sunset District on Thursday for a press conference reminding drivers to be mindful of students on the streets. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.