Families of students at Alta High School praised the school for canceling classes after receiving a life-threatening tip, stating that school leaders prioritize student safety.
Families praised Alta High after a life-threatening tip prompted the school to cancel classes. They said school leaders put student safety first. Families praised Alta High after a life-threatening tip prompted the school to cancel classes.
They said school leaders put student safety first. Aja Steck, a parent at Alta High School, said her family first received an email around 9 p.m. Wednesday notifying them about a threat involving the school. At first, Steck said her family treated the situation like other school safety alerts they had seen before. But early Thursday morning, another message arrived announcing classes had been canceled.
“This is obviously a big deal because they’re not going to just close the school because of a hoax,” Steck said. Investigators with the Sandy City Police Department said the tip came in through the SafeUT app, and officers immediately began working with school administrators. According to a message sent to parents, the tip suggested students may have been planning to bring weapons to the school.
“We are investigating the tip, we are working the tip and all of the leads that we can,” said Sgt. Michael Olsen with Sandy Police.
“They were on top of it and I commend them for that,” Steck said. Olsen said Sandy Police works “extremely closely” with school administrators during incidents like this, including through school resource officers assigned throughout the district. Steck said conversations about school safety have become part of everyday life for many families. She also said online reporting systems and social media can help students alert adults when something appears concerning.
“I applaud the kid or the kids or whoever made the Utah Safe app aware of it because it’s got to be scary,” Steck said. Roughly 25 million bees are safe and sound after a semi-truck broke down in Parleys Canyon on Tuesday. The Unified Fire Authority said the truck, which was haulThe body of a missing 26-year-old was recovered at Grand Canyon National Park earlier this week. Sandarsh Krishna, 26, was first reported missing on April 28.
PDoorbell camera footage from the Wasatch Hollow neighborhood in Salt Lake showed the moments wind brought down trees and power lines on 1700 South. Neighbors inA proposed road project aimed at improving safety along State Route 36 near Skyline Drive in Tooele was scraped followingClasses at Alta High School were canceled on Thursday after the school received a threatening tip through the SafeUT app. School officials said the Canyons Scho
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