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Parents shocked by special needs program's shuttering

Julia Delfino of Hicksville holds two of her

Photo credit: Newsday/Karen Wiles Stabile | Julia Delfino of Hicksville holds two of her children, Jessica, 5, and Phillip, 3 1/2, outside the Dutch Lane Elementary School. (June 25, 2010)

A preschool program for Nassau County children with special needs that was run in a Hicksville school was essentially shuttered last week after 21 years in operation - and parents said last Friday they were never told.

The school for children ages 3 and 4, which was run by the Hicksville school district at Dutch Lane Elementary School, is funded by the county Department of Health's Office...

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