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Jones was appointed principal when [[J. P. Cone, Jr.|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 [[PHS football sex scandal|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]],<ref>"Principal, coach removed in sex scandal." ''Miami Herald'', June 5, 1996</ref> along with two assistant principals, football coach [[David Wilson]] and assistant football coach [[Kevin Sanders]].<ref>http://www.thelizlibrary.org/undelete/catts/archives/1996-06-19.txt</ref>
[[Larry HuntleyRichard Harper]] was appointed to replace temporarily replaced him as principaluntil a more permanent replacement was found in [[Larry Huntley]].
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