What's a "homeschool hybrid"? I know the children go to traditional school only a few times a week, but that's all I know about it.

Anyone here do it?

Regina Cæli network across the 🇺🇸 is a "Classical Homeschool Hybrid", but what exactly does that mean?

It's just what it says it is.  Classes are held, in the case of RC, two days a week in a setting that is similar to a regular day school (though comprised of homeschool pupils and taught by homeschool-supportive parents and possibly other adults), while the pupils are homeschooled in the regular fashion the other days of the week.

It is basically collaborative homeschooling, a consortium of families, you could say.  We're almost done now, but I could have used such an arrangement for subjects such as science where my understanding is very basic.  Geography, history, business, and catechism, OTOH, I could teach with my eyes closed and often would not even have to resort to any texts.  Different people are good at different things.

Homeschool hybrids are becoming increasingly popular in our area. However, I'm at the point where what and how to teach isn't daunting. All I need is adequate time to get everything done. A hybrid isn't going to help me, and given the number of students I have, it would likely be prohibitively expensive.

We could possibly benefit from a traditional co-op, but new co-ops are not something I'm seeing very much of these days. The homeschool community is becoming very diverse and it's hard to work closely with other families that have so many different priorities.

The surge in homeschooling is not due to the inherent benefits of homeschooling, but rather people who are fleeing schools that they just can't stand. So, what most "homeschoolers" (in my area, at least) really want is a school that isn't terrible. Given the high cost of private school, hybrids are a more affordable option. One thing that keeps some away from the hybrids is that here 100% of them are Christian and some people see that as worse than the public school. Another obstacle is parents who both work and need the babysitting services provided by a full-time school.

Sounds like using godless heathens to teach some of the lessons to the your children. 

I'm pretty sure the one OP referenced is the project of Matt Walsh's wife, Alissa.

No, that would be a co-op.
Hybrid schools, also sometimes called micro-schools, are businesses. They might be non-profit, but they're run like a business.
In a co-op, you typically don't have to pay much as a parent, but you're expected to contribute your time in some fashion, either teaching or assisting with other needs.

A hybrid school, otoh, is taught by certified teachers or individuals who otherwise have teaching credentials. The teachers are 100% in charge of overseeing the courses, but follow a model where the students work independently anywhere from 2-4 days/wk. So, in that respect, it's structured like college-level courses. It's expected that the parents are available to assist the student with assigned work on "at home" days.

Okay, then, I stand corrected, I guess I didn't know as much about it as I thought I did.

One needn’t send children to a public school or have a non-traditional Catholic teach your children.

The Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas school in Florida has hybrid teaching as well as in person, live on line, prerecorded online classes.  No heathens involved! 

Yes, I follow them online and they've really grown Queen of All Saints Academy and are offering more options for different levels of participation. Their school is really being helped by Florida's education system where school choice allows their students to attend for low cost. I think they have a location in Arizona (another school choice state) as well. For those outside AZ & FL, the cost is very prohibitive, so I like that they're expanding into things other than full-time school.

The online company we use for some subjects has live classes, but then also offers any class that's already been completed as prerecorded. This means we pay just one subscription fee and have access to hundreds of courses across grades 3-12. I'd like to see the Sisters build up to something like that. Right now, their prices are still too high as they want over $500 for something other homeschool companies are offering for less than half that. The Sisters throw in some added perks, but they're things not everyone is interested in.

To be noted in this thread is that they don't offer a hybrid option as the term is being discussed here. They use the term "hybrid" to mean that they're teaching both online students and in person students simultaneously. All of their live students (online and in person) are full-time QASA students, not hybrid homeschoolers. Their tuition is comparable to other private schools.