Scholastic Corp. was attempting an overhaul of its websites with the goal of creating a single online identity for its many divisions, which had each gone in its own direction.
When the effort hit the skids in 2017, then-Chief Executive Richard Robinson sent in Iole Lucchese to put it on track. Ms. Lucchese, chief strategy officer at the time, called the prior management team’s website work “f—ed up” during a staff meeting, and said she would be taking over, according to people who attended.