Well, I guess that our plans for The Teachers’ Lounge have been in the works for a couple of years now. My husband, Scott, and I started throwing the idea of opening a store around soon after Classroom Connections in South County closed. As a teacher and a mom, I really felt the need for a parent/teacher store in our area. After several of my teacher friends also complained about not having a store near them, we took several months to research the idea and decided to jump in!