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	Lockdown buttons, flashing lights and high-tech cameras are some of the security measures that have been implemented in the Middle Country school district. Newsday got an inside look at what&#39;s being done to keep students safe. NewsdayTV&#39;s Cecilia Dowd reports.
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The Middle Country school district implements panic buttons, higher security measures

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