A teacher who claimed she became sick as a result of a mould outbreak at CedarBridge Academy is suing the Minister for Education for allegedly stopping her wages.

Ulama Finn-Hendrickson?s lawyers have filed a writ claiming Government has terminated her employment or suspended her without notice.

The teacher has been off work since October last year after saying her health was affected by the mould, which led to the closure of the school and a $4 million clean-up operation last November.

It is understood Mrs. Finn-Hendrickson?s legal team took action after her monthly wages were not paid into her bank account at the end of January.

She has received no contact from the Government to explain why she was not paid, it is alleged.

Her lawyers suggest this amounts to the termination or suspension of her employment without her notice.

The writ, filed by Lynda Milligan-Whyte and Associates legal firm, describes the case as ?in the matter of the apparent decision of the Bermuda Government to terminate the employment of Ulama Finn-Hendrickson, a teacher at CedarBridge Academy, without notice and/or to suspend the said Ulama Finn-Hendrickson without pay and without notice?.

CedarBridge was shut for two months from November 1, with students sent to the old Berkeley Institute for lessons.

When it reopened at the beginning of January, Mrs. Finn-Hendrickson was one of a handful of teachers who vowed to stay away without independent verification that it was safe for them to return.

At that time, Paul Harshaw, of Lynda Milligan-Whyte, warned that his clients would launch legal action against the Ministry of Education if they were punished for failing to return to their jobs. Mr. Harshaw added that he knew of at least four teachers who were made sick by the building.

Education Minister Randy Horton said last month that the clean-up programme had removed high levels of Aspergillis Versicolor and Stachybotrys mould.

He said Government health officials and independent scientists from the Pan-American Health Organisation / World Health Organisation had given the school a clean bill of health.

The Ministry of Education and lawyers acting for Mrs. Finn Hendrickson both declined to comment yesterday.