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Two schools have eclipse glasses recalled days before event

Area schools adjust plans as celestial event approaches

North Hall Middle School has received approved solar glasses to replace a box of eclipse glasses that were recalled because their safety can't be guaranteed. - photo by Scott Rogers

0819.2017ECLIPSE1.jpg — North Hall Middle School has received approved solar glasses to replace a box of eclipse glasses that were recalled because their safety can't be guaranteed. - photo by Scott Rogers

As educators worked on final plans for Monday’s viewing of the total solar eclipse, two Hall County Schools were scrambling to find enough eclipse glasses after receiving word that the ones they had purchased had been recalled.