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<DIV style="width:624px"><P style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt" align=center><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2018</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:432px; font-size:8pt" align=right><B>Registration No. 333-________</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center>Washington, D.C. &nbsp;20549</P>
<P style="line-height:4pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:7.333px; font-size:11pt" align=center>______________</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>FORM S-8</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>
<P style="line-height:4pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:7.333px; font-size:11pt" align=center>______________</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>
<P style="line-height:4pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.667px; font-size:11pt" align=center>______________</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=349.2><P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>DELAWARE</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=306><P style="margin:0px" align=center>39-0971239</P>
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</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=306><P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.667px" align=center><I>(IRS Employer Identification Number)</I></P>
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<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>School Specialty, Inc. </B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>W6316 Design Drive </B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>Greenville, Wisconsin 54942</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>(920) 734-5712</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center>(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code,</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.667px" align=center>of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</P>
<P style="line-height:4pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px" align=center>______________</P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>2014 Incentive Plan of School Specialty, Inc.</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6.667px" align=center>&nbsp;(Full title of plan)</P>
<P style="line-height:4pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px" align=center>______________</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=318.8><P style="margin:0px" align=center><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF"><B>Joseph M. Yorio</B></FONT></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer</B></FONT></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF"><B>School Specialty, Inc.</B></FONT></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF"><B>W6316 Design Drive</B></FONT></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF"><B>Greenville, Wisconsin 54942</B></FONT></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF"><B>(920) 734-5712</B></FONT></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=319.6><P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>with copy to: </B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>Dennis F. Connolly</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>Godfrey &amp; Kahn, S.C.</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>833 E. Michigan Street, Suite 1800</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px" align=center><B>(414) 273-3500</B></P>
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<DIV style="width:624px"><P style="margin-top:3.333px; margin-bottom:8.867px" align=center>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>
<P style="line-height:4pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:11.133px" align=center>______________</P>
<P style="margin-top:3.333px; margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:24.467px">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an &#147;emerging growth company.&#148; See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P>
<P style="margin-top:3.333px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:14.4px">Large accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family:'Wingdings 2'">&#163;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family:'Wingdings 2'">S</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family:'Wingdings 2'">&#163;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family:'Wingdings 2'">&#163;<BR>
</FONT>Emerging Growth Company<FONT style="font-family:'Wingdings 2'">&#163;</FONT></P>
<P style="margin-top:3.333px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:24px">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. <FONT style="font-family:'Wingdings 2'">&#163;</FONT></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:3px; font-size:9pt" align=center><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=bottom width=277.2><P style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt" align=center><B>Title of Each Class</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt" align=center><B>of Securities to Be Registered</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=bottom width=126 colspan=2><P style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt" align=center><B>Amount to Be Registered</B><SUP>(1)</SUP></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=bottom width=102><P style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt" align=center><B>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=bottom width=132><P style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt" align=center><B>Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-top:1px solid #000000; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=bottom width=102><P style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt" align=center><B>Amount of Registration</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt" align=center><B>Fee</B></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=277.2><P style="margin-top:3px; margin-bottom:3px; font-size:9pt">Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=126 colspan=2><P style="margin-top:3px; margin-bottom:3px; font-size:9pt" align=center>700,000</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=102><P style="margin-top:3px; margin-bottom:3px; font-size:9pt" align=center>$18.75<SUP>(2)</SUP></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=132><P style="margin-top:3px; margin-bottom:3px; font-size:9pt" align=center>$13,125,000.00<SUP>(2)</SUP></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=102><P style="margin-top:3px; margin-bottom:3px; font-size:9pt" align=center>$1,634.06</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=277.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:9pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=66><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:9pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=60><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:9pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=102><P style="margin-top:3px; margin-bottom:3px; font-size:9pt" align=center>&nbsp;</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" width=132><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:9pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" width=102><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:9pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<DIV style="width:624px"><P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:24px; font-size:9pt; float:left">(1)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6px; padding-left:24px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:9pt">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:24px; font-size:8.5pt; clear:left; float:left">(2)</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:5.667px; padding-left:24px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:9pt">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low price per share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on the OTCQB<SUP>&#174;</SUP> on August 6, 2018.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; font-family:'inherit,Times New Roman'" align=center><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-family:'inherit,Times New Roman'">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, School Specialty, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;). &nbsp;The information in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the Registrant&#146;s 2014 Incentive Plan originally filed with the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Act on December 2, 2014 (Registration No. 333-200677) is hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.</P>
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<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px" align=center><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:34.533px">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Greenville, State of Wisconsin, on this 9th day of August, 2018.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26.667px; padding-left:288px">SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:288px; width:324px; float:left">By:</P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:288px; text-indent:-2px"><I><U>/s/ Joseph M. Yorio</U></I><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:324px; clear:left">Joseph M. Yorio</P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; padding-left:324px"><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></P>
<A NAME="A05-22079_1S1_HTM_POWEROFATTORNEY_015259"></A><P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:13.333px; text-indent:32.667px"><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph M. Yorio and Kevin L. Baehler, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, to sign on his behalf individually and in the capacity stated below and to perform any acts necessary to be done in order to file any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said&nbsp;attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</FONT></P>
<P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26.667px; text-indent:32.667px"><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</FONT></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=192><P style="margin:0px; font-family:'Times New Roman Bold,Times New Roman'"><B><U>Name</U></B></P>
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</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px; font-family:'Times New Roman Bold,Times New Roman'"><B><U>Date</U></B></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px"><I><U>/s/ Joseph M. Yorio</U></I><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px"><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF">President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px">August 9, 2018</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px">Joseph M. Yorio</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px"><I><U>/s/ Kevin L. Baehler</U></I><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px"><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px">August 9, 2018</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px">Kevin L. Baehler</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px"><I><U>/s/ Gus D. Halas</U></I><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px"><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Chairman of the Board</FONT></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px">August 9, 2018</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px">Gus D. Halas</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px"><I><U>/s/ Justin Lu</U></I><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px"><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Director</FONT></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px">August 9, 2018</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px">Justin Lu</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px"><I><U>/s/ Scott P. Scharfman</U></I><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px"><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Director</FONT></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px">August 9, 2018</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px">Scott P. Scharfman</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=192><P style="margin:0px"><I><U>/s/ Andrew E. Schultz</U></I><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=240><P style="margin:0px"><FONT style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Director</FONT></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=19.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=124.8><P style="margin:0px">August 9, 2018</P>
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</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=bottom width=201.6><P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6px; font-size:9pt" align=center><B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></B></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=66><P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6px; font-size:9pt" align=center><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit" href=http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055454/000119312518241211/d550624dex101.htm>4.1</a></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=201.6><P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6px; font-size:9pt">2014 Incentive Plan of School Specialty, Inc., as amended</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=76.8><P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6px; font-size:9pt" align=center>10-Q</P>
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</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=96><P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6px; font-size:9pt" align=center>August 7, 2018</P>
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</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=201.6><P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6px; font-size:9pt">Opinion of Godfrey &amp; Kahn, S.C.</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=66><P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:6px; font-size:9pt" align=center><a href="exhibit232.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit">23.2</a></P>
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SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2018
Registration No. 333-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
______________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
______________
SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
______________
DELAWARE
39-0971239
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
______________
School Specialty, Inc.
W6316 Design Drive
Greenville, Wisconsin 54942
(920) 734-5712
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
______________
2014 Incentive Plan of School Specialty, Inc.
(Full title of plan)
______________
Joseph M. Yorio
President and Chief Executive Officer
School Specialty, Inc.
W6316 Design Drive
Greenville, Wisconsin 54942
(920) 734-5712
with copy to:
Dennis F. Connolly
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
833 E. Michigan Street, Suite 1800
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(414) 273-3500
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
______________
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an "emerging growth company." See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
£
Accelerated filer
S
Non-accelerated filer
£
Smaller reporting company
£
Emerging Growth Company
£
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
£
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class
of Securities to Be Registered
Amount to Be Registered
(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of Registration
Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
700,000
$18.75
(2)
$13,125,000.00
(2)
$1,634.06
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low price per share of the Registrant's Common Stock on the OTCQB
®
on August 6, 2018.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, School Specialty, Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").  The information in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the Registrant's 2014 Incentive Plan originally filed with the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Act on December 2, 2014 (Registration No. 333-200677) is hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
1
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Greenville, State of Wisconsin, on this 9th day of August, 2018.
SCHOOL SPECIALTY, INC.
By:
/s/ Joseph M. Yorio
Joseph M. Yorio
President and Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph M. Yorio and Kevin L. Baehler, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, to sign on his behalf individually and in the capacity stated below and to perform any acts necessary to be done in order to file any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Joseph M. Yorio
President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director (Principal Executive Officer)
August 9, 2018
Joseph M. Yorio
/s/ Kevin L. Baehler
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
August 9, 2018
Kevin L. Baehler
/s/ Gus D. Halas
Chairman of the Board
August 9, 2018
Gus D. Halas
/s/ Justin Lu
Director
August 9, 2018
Justin Lu
/s/ Scott P. Scharfman
Director
August 9, 2018
Scott P. Scharfman
/s/ Andrew E. Schultz
Director
August 9, 2018
Andrew E. Schultz
EXHIBIT INDEX
Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
No.
Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Filed Herewith
4.1
2014 Incentive Plan of School Specialty, Inc., as amended
10-Q
000-24385
10.1
August 7, 2018
5.1
Opinion of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
X
23.1
Consent of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
X
23.2
Consent of  Grant Thornton LLP
X
23.3
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
X
24.1
Power of Attorney
Contained in Signature Page to this Registration Statement