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Jones Futures Academy, previously Jesse H. Jones High School, is a public secondary school in South Park, Houston, Texas, United States. Jones, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Jones was named after Jesse Holman Jones. As of 2010 Empowerment South Early College High School is located on the Jones campus.〔"(2010–2011 Budget Maintains Per-Student Allocation and Current Tax Rate )." ''Informed Source''. Houston Independent School District. June 25, 2010. Retrieved on November 21, 2010.〕 As of 2014 Milby High School students in grades 10-12 were housed in this campus. ==History== Jones opened in 1956.〔Mellon, Ericka. "(Jones High, once thriving, now set for closure )." (Print title: "How a good school fell out of Favor") ''Houston Chronicle''. February 7, 2014. p. A1, A16. Retrieved on February 8, 2014.〕 Jones was established as an all-white high school. Starting with its desegregation by 1970, the student body increasingly became mostly African-American. According to police reports, on September 21, 1990, during a class at Jones, a 16-year-old girl fatally stabbed 18-year-old Anthony Johnson in the upper back with a hunting knife; no teacher was present in the room, and a student received a cut on his hand when he tried to stop the incident. Johnson died at Ben Taub Hospital. Dianna Hunt of the ''Houston Chronicle'' reported that the boy "apparently" said a "disparaging comment about her clothing." The suspect was placed in the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department. This gave Jones a reputation as being a violent school.〔Markley, Melanie. "(Studying our Schools: Challenges/Safety matters: Issue is No. 1 concern with parents )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday October 13, 1996. Special 8. Retrieved on March 25, 2010.〕〔Hanson, Eric. "(Teen fatally stabbed in classroom/Victim pays for insult to girl's shorts with life )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Saturday September 22, 1990. A1. Retrieved on March 25, 2010.〕 For the 2000-2001 school year, Jones did not have a high school yearbook or senior photographs since the school administration had not been paying the bills that would have allowed those functions to occur. For the 2001-2002 school year, only Vanguard program students would appear in the school yearbook.〔Downing, Margaret. "The Great Divide." ''Houston Press''. Thursday March 7, 2002. (1 ). Retrieved on March 26, 2010.〕 Margaret Downing of the ''Houston Press'' said in 2002 that the school's administration had no knowledge of whether students were in class.〔Downing, Margaret. "A Fixer-Upper." ''Houston Press''. May 30, 2002. (1 ). Retrieved on March 25, 2010.〕 On September 15, 2005, Houston natives and New Orleans Hurricane Katrina refugees fought in the school. The fight made national headlines.〔Radcliffe, Jennifer. "(Tensions Overflow at Jones High School )." ''Houston Chronicle''. September 15, 2005. Retrieved on March 25, 2010.〕 A 2007 Johns Hopkins University study cited Jones as a "dropout factory" where at least 40 percent of the entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year.〔"(Report points to 'dropout factories' )," ''Houston Chronicle'', October 31, 2007〕 During that year, 55 percent of children zoned to Jones chose to attend a different Houston ISD school.〔Radcliffe, Jennifer. "(Critics: In HISD, too many don't go where zoned / Black leaders argue bond has no fix to get kids back to schools in their neighborhoods )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday October 14, 2007. B1 MetFront. Retrieved on March 25, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jones Futures Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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