* 1992: Decision taken to restructure public school system — including the building of a new senior secondary “mega school” at Prospect on the site of the old Devonshire Academy.

* Jan 1994: Plan for $55 million, 200,000-square-foot school unveiled by UBP Education Minister Clarence Terceira.

* Sept 1997: CedarBridge opens with, according to the Wachiira Report, “significant functional and construction problems”.

* 2000: Student services staff at CBA complain to the Devonshire environmental health officer about “suspect air”.

* Early 2002: A teacher emails principle Kalmar Richards about persistent water leaks.

* March 2002: Photographs are taken of ceiling tiles covered solidly with multi-coloured mould growth.

* Sept 2003: CBA suffers roof damage during Hurricane Fabian. Mould infestation reportedly increases after this.

* Oct 2004: A sick teacher lists symptoms she believes are due to mould in a letter to the Ministry of Education.

* Dec 2004: A teacher tells The Royal Gazette the school is riddled with mould. Mrs. Richards says the school’s air quality has been given a clean bill of health. Chief Medical Officer John Cann and environmental health officer Armell Thomas say it is the first they have heard of the problem.

* Jan 2005: Teacher Karen Clemons e-mails facilities manager Ross Smith complaining of red burning eyes and sinus irritation.

* March 2005: Dr. Cann writes a memo about a teacher suffering from allergies whose “symptoms appear to be aggravated by her school environment”.

* May/June 2005: Shadow Education Minister Neville Darrell approaches Education Minister Terry Lister to discuss the problem.

* April 2006: The chairman of the school’s PTSA tells a board of governors’ meeting about teachers’ concerns about mould.

* July 2006: An American laboratory brought in to assess the school has a meeting with Mr. Smith; Chief Education Officer Joseph Christopher; governors’ chairman Connie McHardy and Mrs. Richards.The lab writes to a local firm confirming that potentially deadly aspergillus spores have been found and to Mr. Smith urging decontamination of the school over the summer. Its report is not passed to senior Ministry of Education managers for at least another two months.

* October 30, 2006: Teachers’ union warns of a strike over “rapidly deteriorating air quality and occupational health conditions”.

* November 1, 2006: Education Minister Randy Horton closes the school due to “environmental health concerns”.

* January 2007: School reopens after $4 million cleanup originally expected to cost about $375,000. Wachiira Inquiry begins.

* March 2007: Students stage protest over mould concerns. Wachiira Inquiry ends.

* April 2007: More than 70 CBA teachers stage a “sick out” over health concerns. Education Minister Randy Horton admits later in the month that the cause of continued teacher illness remains unknown.

* May 25, 2007: Wachiira Report released, revealing how one student almost died and at least 13 others were made sick “very probably” by exposure to mould at CBA.