SODA SPRINGS - The Superintendent of Soda Springs School District 150 announced the district is forming a committee to address concerns about air quality in its schools.

The announcement came in response to a recent USA Today article, "The Smokestack Effect: Toxic Air and America's Schools." The paper's Web site ranks the air quality in schools throughout the country, using Environmental Protection Agency data on industrial emissions entered into a model.

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