EXHIBIT 12.1



SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

(dollars in thousands)



|                                                             |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|------------------------------------------------------------ |  | --------------- | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | ---- | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | - | ------
|                                                             |  | Fiscal Year (1)
|                                                             |  | 2005            |        | 2004 |   | 2003   |  | 2002 |        | 2001
|Earnings                                                     |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Income before income taxes                                   |  | $               | 70,324 |      | $ | 66,712 |  | $    | 66,037 |      | $ | 36,300 |  | $ | 21,006
|Plus:                                                        |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Fixed charges                                                |  |                 | 16,301 |      |   | 21,100 |  |      | 20,840 |      |   | 20,052 |  |   | 18,941
|Amortization of capitalized interest                         |  |                 | 48     |      |   | 48     |  |      | 48     |      |   | 28     |  |   |      
|Less interest capitalized during period                      |  |                 |       |      |   |       |  |      |       |      |   | 240    |  |   |      
|                                                             |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|                                                             |  | $               | 86,673 |      | $ | 87,860 |  | $    | 86,925 |      | $ | 56,140 |  | $ | 39,947
|                                                             |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Fixed Charges                                                |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Interest (expensed or capitalized)                           |  | $               | 11,623 |      | $ | 16,564 |  | $    | 16,042 |      | $ | 15,964 |  | $ | 16,393
|Estimated portion of rent expense representative of interest |  |                 | 3,291  |      |   | 2,797  |  |      | 2,675  |      |   | 2,519  |  |   | 1,958 
|Amortization of deferred financing fees                      |  |                 | 1,387  |      |   | 1,739  |  |      | 2,123  |      |   | 1,569  |  |   | 590   
|                                                             |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|                                                             |  | $               | 16,301 |      | $ | 21,100 |  | $    | 20,840 |      | $ | 20,052 |  | $ | 18,941
|                                                             |  |                 |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                           |  |                 | 5.3    |      |   | 4.2    |  |      | 4.2    |      |   | 2.8    |  |   | 2.1   
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|(1) | All fiscal years presented were 52 weeks, except for fiscal 2005, which had 53 weeks.
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