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YEAR 2014

JONES HIGH SCHOOL,  NOW JONES FUTURES ACADEMY

In August 2014, Jones High School transitioned into Jones Futures Academy, a specialized high school that enables students to fulfill high school graduation requirements while simultaneously earning industry certifications, college credits, or an associate of applied science degree. The school is named for Jesse Holman Jones, who was born in Tennessee in 1874. He moved to Houston in 1898 to enter the lumber business. Before long, Jones became a civic leader and a founder of the Depression era Reconstruction Finance Corporation. One year after his death in 1956, Jones High School was built in his honor.