Horace Jones is the former principal of Pensacola High School who was removed in 1996 for allegedly attempting to cover up the PHS football sex scandal.
| Horace Jones | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Former NFL football player, high school principal |
Jones was appointed principal when Principal Cone transferred to District Office in 1994. During his tenure, he presided over the series of bomb threats that interrupted the 1995-96 school year as well as a sex scandal in which at least eight students (including seven members of the PHS Tigers football team) received oral sex from a 15-year-old special education student in a stadium locker room. They were eventually charged with lewd and lascivious assault on a child under 16. Principal Jones, himself a former NFL football player, was accused of attempting to cover up the incident to protect the members of the playoff-bound football team. Superintendent Bill Maloy removed Jones from his position on June 4, 1996,[1] along with two assistant principals, football coach David Wilson and assistant football coach Kevin Sanders.[2]
Larry Huntley was appointed to replace him as principal.
| Preceded by: J. P. Cone, Jr. |
Principal of Pensacola High School 1994 – 1997 |
Succeeded by: Richard Harper |
References
- ↑ "Principal, coach removed in sex scandal." Miami Herald, June 5, 1996
- ↑ http://www.thelizlibrary.org/undelete/catts/archives/1996-06-19.txt