A story of faith and perseverance was shared by Collin Hall, principal of Priory Primary School in St Ann, who told the Jamaica Observer last Wednesday how the institution has managed to push on for the best interests of the more than 600 students enrolled, despite not recovering fully from the ravaging of the category five Hurricane Melissa on October 28 last year.

Hall took the Observer on a tour of the school, to point out infrastructure that was damaged during the hurricane, that is yet to be repaired.

“We are at the border of damage and mess. We are the ones you would consider to be just at where Melissa started to do her bad work. I want you to see the extent of the damage. We have blown out windows. All of these windows need replacing. The roof of the grade six building was affected as well. It’s not yet repaired. Hopefully we’ll get that done before September,” Hall explained.