JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Officials at the Jericho School for Children with Autism have informed families that the school will not be reopening, turning what the Board of Directors had hoped would be a temporary closure into a permanent one.
Funding delays because of the government shutdown “have created an operating deficit that the school cannot overcome,” Angelo Martinez, the school’s executive director, wrote in a message to families.
The school, a nonprofit run by a Board of Directors which has been helping children with autism for more than 30 years, initially closed on Oct. 19…