News February 02 2026 by Karen Madden/Gleaner Writer

Hundreds of students still learning in borrowed space

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Roofs to several classrooms, auditorium and administrative buildings at the Westwood High School in Stewart Town, Trelawny, were severely damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Similar or more severe damage to other schools or home environments,

Five hundred and eighty-three students remain temporarily relocated to other schools in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which lashed Jamaica in October last year. The Category-5 hurricane was particularly brutal to the western end of the island, leaving sections of Westmoreland, St Elizabeth, Trelawny, Hanover and St Ann in tatters and the education sector was not spared as several school buildings suffered varying types of damage.