November

Mold is discovered in the kindergarten area on first-floor of Chavez. Teachers and parents meet with school officials on Nov. 21. At the meeting, kindergarten teacher Shari Pressentin says she had found mold in a room next to her classroom on Nov. 20. She says the drywall was bleached and painted over.

Testing and work with consultant begins.

Mold found above suspended ceilings in two more classrooms on second floor Nov. 27. Rainwater announces school will be closed Nov. 28 for one day for further inspectios. This becomes last day of classes at Chavez.

Rainwater announces Nov. 28 school will be closed until after winter break, and kids will be reassigned to seven schools around the city.

More than 400 kids go to their temporary schools for the first time Nov. 29.

February

District announces school will be closed for the rest of the school year Feb. 11. Based on plans for remediation, testing, reconstruction and followup testing and inspections, officials said it would be a challenge to reopen the school before the end of the year.

Parents asked Rainwater to make a decision on the rest of the school year. Rainwater decides that disrupting kids and families by pushing to get them back to Chavez was not the right thing to do.

May

Reconsruction begins May 13.

August

Reconstruction is completed in early August, and school's ventilation system runs 24/7 to air it out.

Teachers may begin setting up their classrooms Aug. 5.

Parents and kids attend open house to see the reconstruted school Aug. 22.

School reopens Aug. 26 for Madison schools' first day of school.