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How parents, employers are taking the news of Hall's hybrid school plans

Stepbrothers gather Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, at the kitchen table of their Flowery Branch home. From the left they are Cameron Blankenship, 13, Allen Osorio, 10, and Arlen Osorio, 11, top. The Hall County School District has announced it will begin the first two weeks of the school year Aug. 24 with a hybrid of in-person and virtual classes. - photo by Scott Rogers

08152020 PARENTSREACT 5.jpg — Stepbrothers gather Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, at the kitchen table of their Flowery Branch home. From the left they are Cameron Blankenship, 13, Allen Osorio, 10, and Arlen Osorio, 11, top. The Hall County School District has announced it will begin the first two weeks of the school year Aug. 24 with a hybrid of in-person and virtual classes. - photo by Scott Rogers

Diana Blankenship Osorio, a Flowery Branch mother of five, said she opened the email about Hall County Schools’ hybrid start to the school year first thing Friday morning and let out an exhale.