RFP # Middle School Yearbook Production PROPOSAL TABULATION. Jostens Printing and Publishing $ $19.95 $25.00 $25.00

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1 Company Cost per book for 200 copies in color $ $33.16 $28.00 $36.00 Cost per book for 200 copies in black $ $19.95 $25.00 $25.00 Cost per book for 400 copies in color $18.37 $26.13 $24.00 $25.00 Cost per book for 400 copies in black $ $16.75 $19.00 $18.00 Cost per book for 500 copies in color $ $24.83 $21.00 $23.00 Cost per book for 500 copies in black $ $15.64 $16.00 $16.50 Cost per book for 600 copies in color $ $23.95 $20.00 $21.75 Cost per book for 600 copies in black $9.375 $14.88 $14.00 $16.75 $ per page in increments of 4 $ for 4 ($68.50 Cost per page for 0-4, color per page) $50.00 N/A $ per page in increments of 4 $1, for 24 Cost per page for 5-24, color ($ per page) $50.00 $75.00 Straight cost per page, color (if $ per page in increments of 4 available) $50.00 Cost per page for 0-4, black $73.00 per page in increments of 4 $ for 4 ($85.00 per page) $50.00 N/A Cost per page for 5-24, black $73.00 per page in increments of 4 $1, for 24 ($ per page) $50.00 $75.00 Straight cost per page, black and $73.00 per page in increments of 4 white (if available) $50.00 Upcharge for Online Payments $3.50 None No upcharge for online payments Representative within 30 miles? Keith Givens, 6021 Portridge Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76135, Rebecka Frey, 426 Goodnight Trail, Justin, TX , or (43 miles) Tammy Hollier Bailey, 4125 Driskell Boulevard, Fort worth, TX 76107, Eric Manto, 3505 Twin Lakes, Prosper, TX 75078, Page 1 of 5

64 $16.00 $16.50 Cost per book for 600 copies in color $14.333 $23.95 $20.00 $21.75 Cost per book for 600 copies in black $9.375 $14.88 $14.00 $16.75 $110.00 per page in increments of 4 $274.

2 Company How long has sales representative been with company? How long has sales representative worked in this territory for this company? Is representative available on weekends? Will representative come to campuses to educate students and advisers? Do you have a local office staffed by live person every day? Experience? In-plant Customer Service Rep? Online Access for Demo Purposes 4 years 5 years 11 years 8 years 4 years; prior to that time he was territory manager for Lifetouch from years 7 years 8 years Yes Yes, Rebecka Frey Yes Yes Yes Yes, Rebecka Frey Yes Yes No. Ann Rome is available Monday- Friday via phone from Kansas City. She has 20+ years of experience. Ann Rome is Customer Service person; Debbie King is Technical Support person in Kansas City plant. Not sent with packet. Yearbooks.biz, then edesign; User Name - Mansfieldisd; Password - middleschool Yes, Kathy Brooks. 18 years as a customer service consultant in Jostens' Topeka plant Brandy Schaefer, as well as a technical support staff person Year ; Job ; Login - misdms; password - rfp09075 No reference to "local office", but stated they have two support people - Mike Taylor, Education Manager, lives in Mansfield. Lisa Lea is local rep with over 8 years of publishing experience who assists Tammy when necessary. Yes, Janey Garrison and Mike Taylor swbeta.taylorpub.com: Project - R917402; Username - misd; Password - yearbook No Mona Walters, 800 Computer Support, Don Walsworth, President Not sent with packet. Go to walsworthyearbooks.com; select "members only"; click on "student login-2009"; User name - mansfield; Password - mansfield1 Page 2 of 5

Online Access for Demo Purposes 4 years 5 years 11 years 8 years 4 years; prior to that time he was territory manager for Lifetouch from 1994-2003.

3 Company Workshops Is yearbook curriculum provided at no charge to district? Plant Address and Phone Number Tools/Software How many years has this company been in this type of business? Metroplex MediaMania at Jostens National Summer InfoMart in Dallas, 8/4-6/09; Journalism Workshop in Adviser Development Denton 7/20-22/09; Jostens Workshop Sessions 1 and 2 in Adviser University, Orlando, FL Irving on 6/18-22 and 7/26-7/11-14/09; numerous monthly 29/09; Yearbook Boot Camp in workshops in DFW area with Grapevine on August 29 and various times/dates; in-school September 12, 2009; staff workshops featuring John StudioWorks/PhotoShop Cutsinger, dates and times Technology Training in Keller TBD on September 26, 2009 Yearbook Central Workshop at Hayes High School in Buda, TX near Austin 7/28-30/09. Would be glad to host a workshop just for MISD middle schools. Walsworth will host a workshop in the Mansfield ISD in the fall to accommodate the middle school students who are on the yearbook staff. Walsworth will host a workshop in Fort worth 7/27-28/09 and in San Antonio 7/20-23/09 Yes Yes Yes 2525 Midpoint Drive, Edwardsville, KS 66111, InDesign CS2, CS3 and CS4. Online program called edesign 4000 SE Adams Street, Topeka, KS , InDesign, Quark, Photoshop, Volumes website 1550 West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75235, StudioWorks online creation, Elite Vision, InDesign CS, CS2, CS3 & CS4,.pdf, Quark 306 North Kansas Avenue, Marceline, MO, InDesign versions CS2, CS3, CS4, and will deliver Online Design 3.0 product via the internet. This is the "strongest overall product in the yearbook industry." Started in If you currently hold any school contracts, please list. This is an exact quote in answer to this question: "School Contracts- YES - We currently print around 100 schools yearbooks in the Dallas and Ft. Worth area. District BID's in the Ft. Worth and Dallas area - No - there's only a couple of Districts that BID out yearbooks. Herff Jones is the 2nd largest Yearbook company in the United States" MISD High Schools, MISD Worley MS, Keller ISD, Mesquite ISD, Garland ISD, most schools in Arlington, Fort Worth, Grapevine-Colleyville, HEB, Southlake Carroll and Grand Prairie Garland ISD, Houston ISD, El Paso ISD, San Antonio ISD Page 3 of 5

Orlando, FL Irving on 6/18-22 and 7/26-7/11-14/09; numerous monthly 29/09; Yearbook Boot Camp in workshops in DFW area with Grapevine on August 29 and various times/dates; in-school September 12,

4 Company Do you have a catalog? Yes All catalogs online at yearbookstudio.com No Minimum order requirements? 75 yearbooks Not Applicable 100 Copies No Is there an additional fee for using your credit card service? Yes, $3.50 Not Applicable "None to school"; Yes, $1.00 Will personalized books be sorted in alpha order by grade level? Will there be an additional fee for this service? Yes, $2.65 Yes, no additional fee Yes, no additional fee Yes, no additional fee Describe internal and external safety features of your online creation program. "Safety Feature is that the Adviser has all the control. The adviser assigns username and passwords to the students. The Adviser assigns the that the students are allowed to work on. The Adviser is the only one that is allowed to submit any final. The Adviser is the only one that can set up the layouts, colors and fonts that the students can work with." Jostens employs numerous measures appropriate to the sensitivity of your information, to protect against loss, theft, and unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. See "Online" section in proposal book Data is spread across multiple cache servers, followed by three backup servers at the plant, followed by tape archiving. At the school, each project and user has his/her/its own login and password, with each user's being assigned different "rights" by the yearbook adviser. Our Online Design system has multiple redundant backup features built in. All materials are backed up daily to multiple separate locations to ensure no loss of data. The Adviser maintains the control over access to the online system through a system of user IDs and passwords to students. Do you provide local summer workshops for students and/or advisers? Describe. "The local workshop we have is outside of Austin. Where we will have more than 200 students and Advisers attending. I would be glad to design a one day workshop for the Mansfield s." Yes, featuring instructors from across the nation. Workshops combine focused instruction with hands-on production time to help both advisers and staff. Offer yearbook classes specifically geared toward middle school students, as well as newspaper, photography, InDesign and Yearbook Business Management. Taylor sponsors two adviser only workshops in June and July at the DFW Marriott. Oneday Saturday workshops are available in the fall. Staff members may attend our journalism camp August 4-5, 2009 or choose from one of two Saturday workshops in the fall. (Brochure attached) They host a summer workshop in Fort Worth the end of July and would like to offer to hold a workshop in the Mansfield ISD for the yearbook staff members. This can either be done in mid- August or a one-day workshop in September. Page 4 of 5

00 Will personalized books be sorted in alpha order by grade level? Will there be an additional fee for this service? Yes, $2.

5 Company Do you have journalism curriculum? Is copy enclosed? Do you have an InDesign curriculum? Is copy enclosed? Do you have a photography curriculum? Is copy enclosed? References Present at opening: Dottie Morrow, Buyer Pam Fennell, Buyer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes McLean ; Brooks Wester ; Danny Jones ; Aledo Lake Dallas MS, Rice MS, Stafford MS, Roach MS, T.A. Howard MS, James Coble MS Mansfield ISD, Timberview High School, Legacy High School, Worley Forney High School, Brown in Forney, Canton, Crandall Lower School in Crandall Page 5 of 5

References Present at opening: Dottie Morrow, Buyer Pam Fennell, Buyer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes McLean ; Brooks Wester ;

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