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Learning from Columbine, 10 years later

Ten years ago Monday, when two students went on a killing spree at Columbine High School, Wendell Chu knew that schools nationwide would be forever changed.

"Columbine kind of shattered the fairy tale of schools being a kind of carefree place," said Chu, superintendent of the East Islip school district. "I knew it was going to change something, and it did. And it wasn't for the better."

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