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Monday was the first day of school at many school divisions across Hampton Roads, including Hampton, Newport News and York County on the Peninsula, as well as Norfolk and Virginia Beach on the southside. Chesapeake, Portsmouth and Suffolk schools will begin after Labor Day.
The Hampton City Schools division is expanding the use of Bluetooth-powered weapons detection systems to prevent guns and knives from entering school buildings.