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Home visits offer students, parents and teachers a chance to build better relationships

Julia Schaefer saw her English and U.S. studies teachers in class on Wednesday, and that night sat across from them at her dining room table. It's not as weird as it sounds. A relationship-building tactic, Lincoln Park Middle School has begun sen...

T02.06.2017 -- Steve Kuchera -- 021217.N.DNT.VisitC1 -- Julia Schaefer (from left), Jodi Timmersman, Angela Pioro and Alyssa Schaefer share a laugh during a meeting in the Schaefers’ home. Julia Schaefer is a seventh grader at the Lincoln Park Middle School, where Timmersman teaches U.S. studies and Pioro teaches English. The two teachers were making a home visit to the Schaefers as part of new program to help teachers know their students better. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com — Julia Schaefer (from left), Jodi Timmersman, Angela Pioro and Alyssa Schaefer share a laugh during a meeting in the Schaefers’ home. Julia Schaefer is a seventh grader at Lincoln Park Middle School, where Timmersman teaches U.S. studies and Pioro teaches English. The two teachers were making a home visit to the Schaefers as part of new program to help teachers know their students better. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com

By Jana Hollingsworth

February 11, 2017 at 10:43 PM

By Jana Hollingsworth

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