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School Specialty Proud to Support the New York City Department of Education Universal Pre-K ("UPK") Initiatives With Its Classroom Select(R), Childcraft(R) and Bird-in-Hand(R) Furniture Lines
School Specialty Proud to Support the New York City Department of Education Universal Pre-K ("UPK") Initiatives With Its Classroom Select(R), Childcraft(R) and Bird-in-Hand(R) Furniture Lines.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nGREENVILLE, Wis., Sept. 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- School Specialty, Inc. (OTCQB:SCOO) (\"School Specialty\", \"SSI\" or \"the Company\"), a leading distributor of supplies, furniture and both curriculum and supplemental learning resources to the education marketplace, is once again aiding the New York City Department of Education (\"DOE\") in its Universal Pre-K initiative.\n\n\tThe Company announced today, that it has successfully outfitted 175 school locations with 365 classroom sets, consisting of thousands of different products under its Classroom Select®, Childcraft® and Bird-in-Hand® furniture lines. Products supplied ran the gamut – from desks, tables and chairs, to easels, drying racks, blocks and block storage, bins, rugs, book shelves; everything a classroom needed, School Specialty was able to provide. This was all part of the NYC Department of Education's two-year plan to execute a massive expansion of pre-K classrooms throughout schools across the five boroughs of New York City.\n\n\tWhat made this year all the more special was that School Specialty was able to complete all installations within a six-week window and in many cases, much less. This was made possible as the Company was able to leverage its proven expertise from its Projects-by-Design group, which provided significant program management and fulfillment capabilities. The School Specialty team worked closely with the DOE's Division of Early Childhood and Office of Pre-K Expansion, and from the time the contracts were awarded, worked to ensure all locations and classrooms were outfitted with every essential furniture item, prior to the back-to-school season. As the number of schools increased and student enrollment within certain classes changed, School Specialty was not only able to meet, but exceed what was needed. Whereas in year one, the Company provided five line items, this year included approximately 40. This was a testament to not only the full assortment within the Company's proprietary offerings, but its ability to service the requirements of this most important customer, as well as those of the teachers and children.\n\n\t\"Early childhood development is at the core of education and cities like New York are placing such a strong emphasis on ensuring our children receive the critical educational support in the early year...