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	Students and staff at Farmingdale High School prepared for an emotional day Friday, following the death of the&nbsp;Farmingdale High School director of bands and a retired social studies teacher in a bus crash in Orange&nbsp;County on Thursday. NewsdayTV&#39;s Macy Egeland reports.
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