(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sydnee Dickson, superintendent of public instruction in Utah, is joined on Friday, March 13, 2020, by Gov. Gary Herbert, left, and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, as they announced a "soft closure" of all Utah K-12 public schools for the next two weeks, effective Monday, in the ongoing effort to minimize the spread of the coronavirus.