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.

At the time, Martinez said the decision was temporary as officials determined the best path forward.

But the message sent to families on Sunday said the board had since “made the heartbreaking decision to permanently close The Jer

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