EXHIBIT 12.1



SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.



RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

(dollars in thousands)



|                                                             |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|------------------------------------------------------------ |  | --------------- | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | ---- | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | - | ------
|                                                             |  | Fiscal Year (1)
|                                                             |  | 2006            |        | 2005 |   | 2004   |  | 2003 |        | 2002
|Earnings                                                     |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Income before income taxes                                   |  | $               | 1,257  |      | $ | 70,324 |  | $    | 66,712 |      | $ | 66,037 |  | $ | 36,300
|Plus:                                                        |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Fixed charges                                                |  |                 | 22,776 |      |   | 16,301 |  |      | 21,100 |      |   | 20,840 |  |   | 20,052
|Amortization of capitalized interest                         |  |                 | 49     |      |   | 48     |  |      | 48     |      |   | 48     |  |   | 28    
|Less interest capitalized during period                      |  |                 |       |      |   |       |  |      |       |      |   |       |  |   | 240   
|                                                             |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|                                                             |  | $               | 24,082 |      | $ | 86,673 |  | $    | 87,860 |      | $ | 86,925 |  | $ | 56,140
|                                                             |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Fixed Charges                                                |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Interest (expensed or capitalized)                           |  | $               | 17,951 |      | $ | 11,623 |  | $    | 16,564 |      | $ | 16,042 |  | $ | 15,964
|Estimated portion of rent expense representative of interest |  |                 | 3,511  |      |   | 3,291  |  |      | 2,797  |      |   | 2,675  |  |   | 2,519 
|Amortization of deferred financing fees                      |  |                 | 1,314  |      |   | 1,387  |  |      | 1,739  |      |   | 2,123  |  |   | 1,569 
|                                                             |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|                                                             |  | $               | 22,776 |      | $ | 16,301 |  | $    | 21,100 |      | $ | 20,840 |  | $ | 20,052
|                                                             |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                           |  |                 | 1.1    |      |   | 5.3    |  |      | 4.2    |      |   | 4.2    |  |   | 2.8   
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|(1) | All fiscal years presented were 52 weeks, except for fiscal 2005, which had 53 weeks.
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