School Specialty, Inc.
W6316 Design Drive
Greenville, Wisconsin 54942
January 27, 2014
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE:
School Specialty, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
File No. 333-192475
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Rule 461 of Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, on behalf of School Specialty, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby requests acceleration of the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement to 5:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on Wednesday, January 29, 2014, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
In requesting acceleration as described above, the undersigned, on behalf of the Company, acknowledges the following:
1.
Should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
2.
The action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
3.
The Company may not assert this action as defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
We ask that you please contact the Company’s outside counsel, Dennis F. Connolly, at
(414) 287-9258, to inform him as soon as possible after the above-referenced Registration Statement has been declared effective.
Very truly yours,
SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.
/s/ Kevin L. Baehler
Kevin L. Baehler
Interim Chief Financial Officer
cc:
Dennis F. Connolly
