EXHIBIT 12.1

SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

(dollars in thousands)



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|------------------------------------------------------------ |  | --------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | ---- |  | - | ------- | - |  | ---- | ------ | - |  | - | ------
|                                                             |  | Fiscal Year (1)
|                                                             |  | 2008            |         |   | 2007 |   |         | 2006 |  |   | 2005    |   |  | 2004
|Earnings                                                     |  |                 |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |       
|Income before income taxes -                                 |  |                 |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |       
|Continuing operations                                        |  | $               | 73,941  |   |      | $ | 65,693  |      |  | $ | 30,829  |   |  | $    | 70,529 |   |  | $ | 65,397
|Discontinued operations                                      |  |                 | (10,230 | ) |      |   | (34,438 | )    |  |   | (29,572 | ) |  |      | (205   | ) |  |   | 1,315 
|                                                             |  |                 |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |       
|Subtotal                                                     |  |                 | 63,711  |   |      |   | 31,255  |      |  |   | 1,257   |   |  |      | 70,324 |   |  |   | 66,712
|Plus:                                                        |  |                 |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |       
|Fixed charges                                                |  |                 | 23,322  |   |      |   | 25,631  |      |  |   | 22,776  |   |  |      | 16,301 |   |  |   | 21,100
|Amortization of capitalized interest                         |  |                 | 72      |   |      |   | 36      |      |  |   | 49      |   |  |      | 48     |   |  |   | 48    
|Less interest capitalized during period                      |  |                 | (272    | ) |      |   | (336    | )    |  |   |        |   |  |      |       |   |  |   |      
|                                                             |  |                 |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |       
|                                                             |  | $               | 86,833  |   |      | $ | 56,586  |      |  | $ | 24,082  |   |  | $    | 86,673 |   |  | $ | 87,860
|                                                             |  |                 |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |       
|Fixed Charges                                                |  |                 |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |       
|Interest (expensed or capitalized)                           |  | $               | 18,157  |   |      | $ | 21,149  |      |  | $ | 17,951  |   |  | $    | 11,623 |   |  | $ | 16,564
|Estimated portion of rent expense representative of interest |  |                 | 3,206   |   |      |   | 3,117   |      |  |   | 3,511   |   |  |      | 3,291  |   |  |   | 2,797 
|Amortization of deferred financing fees                      |  |                 | 1,959   |   |      |   | 1,365   |      |  |   | 1,314   |   |  |      | 1,387  |   |  |   | 1,739 
|                                                             |  |                 |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |       
|                                                             |  | $               | 23,322  |   |      | $ | 25,631  |      |  | $ | 22,776  |   |  | $    | 16,301 |   |  | $ | 21,100
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                           |  |                 | 3.7     |   |      |   | 2.2     |      |  |   | 1.1     |   |  |      | 5.3    |   |  |   | 4.2   
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|(1) | All fiscal years presented were 52 weeks, except for fiscal 2005, which had 53 weeks.
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