MADISON Wis. -- A kindergarten teacher is filing a class action lawsuit against Chavez Elementary School.

Shari Pressentin told News 3 she's retained a lawyer and plans to sue whoever is responsible for the mold infestation in the school. The lawsuit will allow other teachers who got sick from the mold to participate.

The mold at Chavez school hasn't just forced the students out; it's made the principal's job pretty tough too.

Students have been out of mold-infested Chavez school for about two months and attending other schools, raising questions about the quality of education the kids are getting.

News 3 spent the day with Chavez principal Howard Fried on Wednesday. Every morning students gather at Chavez and are then bused to seven other schools. Fried travels between the schools checking up on his students.

Fried said he doesn't know how many miles he's put on his car traveling from school to school for the past two months. What's important to him is seeing as many students and staff as often as possible, he said.

"I feel we need to touch base and I'm the net worker of it all," said Fried. "I think the kids are pretty resilient. They go with what their world becomes."

Fried said teachers are working harder than ever.

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"In a big room with lots of kids, there are two pretty special teachers. They'll make it work," Fried said. "I think by and large the services are continuing -- and are continuing well -- and where we find a problem, we work at it."

Fried said he enjoys seeing how other schools do it, but he wants to be back at Chavez permanently.

"The first time we went back in there, which was after winter break, the glee of kids and the teachers to be back at home, there's no place like home," he said.

District officials haven't said when the school may be mold-free and able to reopen.