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Monroe fourth graders bring bus‑stop gardens, safety and library ideas to Planning Commission
Summary
Monroe Elementary fourth‑grade class presented recommendations for the Mission Street corridor — covered bus stops with living roofs, colorful wayfinding, trees in medians and new small play/reading spaces — as the Planning Department outlined a year of youth engagement work across three local schools.
The San Francisco Planning Commission heard a presentation on city efforts to engage schoolchildren in planning and design work, capped by a proposal from fourth‑grade students at Monroe Elementary to improve the Mission Street corridor.
Planning Department staff member Sue Exline said the department spent the past year working with three schools — Balboa High School, Malcolm X Academy and Monroe — using focus groups, job shadows and in‑class project work to help students learn about planning and contribute ideas. "This is about…
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