---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-217980"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCHL"
cik: "0000866729"
company_name: "SCHOLASTIC CORP"
filed_at: "2021-07-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T04:40:16.995673+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peter Warwick named CEO effective Aug 1, 2021; Iole Lucchese becomes Chair of Board

## Summary
- Peter Warwick appointed President and CEO effective Aug 1, 2021, succeeding the late M. Richard Robinson, Jr.
- Andrew S. Hedden resigns from Board but remains EVP, General Counsel and Secretary.
- Iole Lucchese (EVP, Chief Strategy Officer) elected to Board and appointed Chair; Robert Dumont elected Class A Director.
- Warwick's employment agreement: $1M base salary, 125% target bonus, initial $1.5M equity award, three-year term.
- Warwick previously served as Chief People Officer of Thomson Reuters and CEO of units at Thomson Reuters and Pearson.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-217980
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCHL
- cik: 0000866729
- company_name: SCHOLASTIC CORP
- filed_at: 2021-07-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866729/000119312521217980/0001193125-21-217980-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866729/000119312521217980/d185337d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-217980.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew S. Hedden resigned as Director at SCHOLASTIC CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 18, 2021, Andrew S. Hedden tendered his resignation to the Board of Directors of the Registrant (the “Board”) as a director which was accepted.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866729/000119312521217980/0001193125-21-217980-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter Warwick was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at SCHOLASTIC CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: On July 18, 2021, the Board appointed one of its members, Mr. Peter Warwick, to succeed M. Richard Robinson, Jr., who passed away on June 5, 2021, as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Registrant (principal executive officer).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866729/000119312521217980/0001193125-21-217980-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.