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Walk-through weapons detectors arrive at Duval County elementary schools under $2 million plan
Education· Northeast Florida

Walk-through weapons detectors arrive at Duval County elementary schools under $2 million plan

Duval County's youngest students are now walking through weapons detectors, as the district starts a three-year rollout to roughly 90 elementary schools.

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