School goes into coffee business, hopes to lure students to library

Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington high school is opening a coffee shop in an old storage room with the hope of luring more students into the library.

The Bookmark, at Tates Creek High School, opens Tuesday and will sell coffee only before school.

Tates Creek's school library-based coffee shop is the first of its kind in Kentucky, said librarian Amber Tongate. As such, the school has been asked to present its concept at the Kentucky School Media Association conference in two weeks.

"I don't care if we make $5 or $500," Tongate said. "I really just want something different, unique for our students."

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