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Summer is officially over for tens of thousands of Northern Virginia students as many are returning to the classroom for the new school year.

Monday marks the first day of school for both Fairfax and Prince William counties, the state’s two largest school districts.

When middle and high school students arrive on campus each morning in Fairfax County, they’ll have to walk through weapons detectors. The division launched a pilot program last spring, putting the technology at different high school campuses on various days.

Calls for stronger se

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