[aisle] Scholastic Book Fair Fuel Surcharge Meeting

Mon Oct 17 15:13:18 CDT 2022

I also heard about it during our Book Fair phone call, and asked them to
clarify. Not only does Scholastic charge a fuel surcharge, they will charge
more money if you sell more books (even if they do not need to ship more
books!). I asked my rep to explain and she was tripping over her
words trying to explain it to me, ending with "it's kind of complicated."
So during your call, be sure to ask them about the percentage that comes
out of your profits because it increases the more you sell. It also depends
on if you choose all books or a split between cash and books.

On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 3:05 PM Robin Jacob via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

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> *From:* AISLE <aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> *On Behalf Of *Ranftl,
> Kelly via AISLE
> *Sent:* Monday, October 17, 2022 2:35 PM
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> *Cc:* Ranftl, Kelly <klranftl at cps.edu>
> *Subject:* [aisle] Scholastic Book Fair Fuel Surcharge Meeting
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> Hi Fellow Librarians,
>
> Scholastic Book Fairs lit an angry fire under me when they explained the
> fuel surcharge they are applying to book fairs. I did my research, replied
> (see below), and Scholastic Book Fairs Leadership is now asking me to have
> a phone meeting regarding my "strong feelings". If you also have "strong
> feelings" about the fuel surcharge or would like to share how it is
> impacting your school/students, please let me know. I would love to share
> your concerns with Scholastic leadership.
>
> ~Kelly Ranftl
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> My email to Scholastic:
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> Dear xxxxx,
>
> Our problem is with the unjust practice of a BILLION dollar company
> essentially charging schools to run your fairs. Scholastic is NOT a mom &
> pop shop struggling with inflation. The fuel charge is about company
> bigwigs making more cash. I find it greedy and immoral for business owners
> to nickel and dime schools and children, especially when the company has
> had record-breaking earnings the previous year.  Scholastic is not in
> financial trouble, as the quotes below prove.
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>
>
> "Scholastic recorded significant revenue and operating income gains in
> both reporting periods, led by increased in-person book fairs and record
> revenue-per-fair levels in the U.S. book fairs channel, as well as strong
> demand for the Company's educational offerings."
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> "...Board of Directors also approved a 33% increase in its regular
> quarterly cash dividend to $0.20 per share from $0.15 per share on the
> Company's Class A and Common Stock for the first quarter of fiscal 2023."
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> Citation:
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> Scholastic Corporation. “Scholastic Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2022
> Results Led by Record Revenue per Fair Levels and Strong Education
> Solutions Sales.” *SCHOLASTIC REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FISCAL 2022
> RESULTS LED BY RECORD REVENUE PER FAIR LEVELS AND STRONG EDUCATION
> SOLUTIONS SALES*, 21 July 2022,
> https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/scholastic-reports-fourth-quarter-and-fiscal-2022-results-led-by-record-revenue-per-fair-levels-and-strong-education-solutions-sales-301591281.html
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>
> Durkin Park has decided to go with a book fair company that has similar
> offerings, similar prices, better rewards structure, and most importantly,
> is not charging a fuel surcharge to ANY school as a cash grab. Feel free
> to forward my email to Sasha Quinton, President of Book Fairs,
> who made $1,697,980 in total compensation in 2022.
>
> Source:
> https://www.salary.com/tools/executive-compensation-calculator/sasha-quinton-salary-bonus-stock-options-for-scholastic-corp?year=2022
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> I know I am not the only one canceling book fairs due to this cash grab.
> Librarians across multiple Facebook groups are livid, and many small-town
> and low-income school librarians are feeling this surcharge hit their book
> budgets. My hope is that if the people in charge realise what they are
> doing to schools is WRONG, a change will be made.
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