'This is the time to do something': Utah Safe Schools Commission launched

SALT LAKE CITY — The issue of school safety has reached a point of "ripeness," Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Alpine, said Thursday in announcing the newly formed Utah School Safety Commission."This is the time to do something," said Kennedy, R-Alpine, a family physician and attorney, who was asked to organize the commission by House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper.The diverse, nonpartisan commission will meet behind closed doors to develop recommendations to be forwarded to the Utah Legislature, like