Minnequa Elementary in Pueblo was on the brink of closing, now it's off the state's "watch list."

According to the Colorado Department of Education, about 15 to 20 percent of the population has dyslexia, a learning disability that makes it hard to identify speech sounds, decode words, and spell them.

Citing the needs of working parents, especially frontline health care workers, state agencies called on Colorado child care centers to stay open even after dozens of Colorado school districts announced closures to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.