March 21, 2013
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Lyn Shenk, Branch Chief
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-5546
Re: Scholastic Corporation
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2012
Filed July 27, 2012
Form 10-Q for Fiscal Period Ended November 30, 2012
Filed January 2, 2013
File No. 000-19860
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are in receipt of your comment letter dated March 7, 2013 regarding the above-referenced reports filed by Scholastic Corporation (the “Company”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As discussed by phone between the undersigned and Ms. Linda Cvrkel and Mr. Doug Jones on March 20, 2013, we are requesting additional time to respond to the comment letter due to time constraints associated with our quarter end. The Company intends to file its response to the comment letter as soon as possible and in no event later than March 29, 2013.
Please contact the undersigned at (212) 343-4483 if you would like to discuss this request.
We appreciate the Staff’s consideration.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Maureen O’Connell
Maureen O’Connell
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer