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Book vending machine a hit for Pennsylvania school

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April 23, 2021

A book vending machine that allows students to receive books in exchange for tokens they earn for good behavior has proven a hit at Chestnut Ridge Middle School in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, according to a wtajtv.com report.

Grants from Walmart and the Chestnut Ridge Education Foundation covered the roughly $4,000 cost of the machine.

The school bought the machine after its librarian learned about the concept on social media. A retired teacher provides the books for the machine.