PETERSFIELD, Westmoreland — It will cost $1 billion each to repair at least two schools in Westmoreland, with many others estimated to cost more than $100 million as Government pushes to fix damage done by last year’s Hurricane Melissa in time for the new school term.

“Most of the schools, our bills are above $100 million. Unity [Primary School] is the highest one at $1 billion, but that’s similar to the amount spent for Manning’s [School],” stated Minister of Education Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon.

“It’s a lot of money being spent. Across the board, every school that is damaged is being fixed. We started with the ones that are the most damaged. There are some other schools that had less damage that we are also going to be repairing, but we’ve started with those that have the most damage and need the repairs right away,” she added.