Class is back in session for the Washoe County School District. As students make their way to and from school, the district is asking drivers to stay extra cautious on the roads.

Jennifer Iveson, coordinator for Safe Routes to School, says, "We have over 60,000 students returning to school today, we have an increased number of vehicles and pedestrians in and around our school zones today. We want to ask drivers to just slow down, pay attention, stay alert."

Not all schools start at the exact same time so it's important to check the road signs that will tell you when school speed limits are active.

Washoe County school police chief Seana Baker says traffic laws are very strict in school zones and drivers tend to break them a lot more often than they think.

"There's going to be a lot of

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