John Jay High School (San Antonio)

Public secondary school in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States

John Jay High School

Address

7611 Marbach Road

San Antonio

Bexar County

Texas

78227

United States

Coordinates| 29°25′06″N 98°38′22″W﻿ / ﻿29.418348°N 98.63946°W﻿ / 29.418348; -98.63946
Information
Type| Public Secondary
Established| 1967
School district| Northside Independent School District
Superintendent| Dr. John M. Craft
Principal| Teresa Cuellar-Hernandez
Vice Principal| Vicki Guller
Academic Dean| Krystle Abney
Assistant Principal| Bobby Baiza
Pete Pruneda
Daniel Mendoza
Grades| 9-12
Enrollment| 2,248[1] (2022-23)
Color(s)| Blue, silver, and white

Athletics conference| UIL Class AAAAA
Mascot| Mustangs
Sports District| 28-6A
Feeder Middle Schools| Anson Jones
E.M. Pease
Sam Rayburn
Feeder Elementary Schools| Cable
Fisher
John Glenn
Lackland City
Mary Hull
Meadow Village
Michael
Passmore
Valley Hi
Westwood Terrace
Website| Official Website

John Jay High School is a public high school in the Northside Independent School District of San Antonio, Texas, United States, which generally serves the northwest portion of the city.

## History

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All high schools in the Northside Independent School District (NISD) are named for US Supreme Court Justices, and the first Supreme Court Chief Justice was John Jay. John Jay High also contains a magnet school, the John Jay Science and Engineering Academy.[2]

### Student Locator Project

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On October 1, 2012, the high school and Anson Jones Middle School began the controversial "Student Locator Project."[3] Students were required to wear school IDs embedded with RFID microchips at all times. Student Andrea Hernandez was suspended from the school for refusing to wear the badge for religious reasons, linking it to the "mark of the beast" in the biblical book of Revelation.[4] The Rutherford Institute filed a suit on behalf of Hernandez, and on November 21, 2012, a judge tentatively blocked the suspension.[5] Hernandez was expelled from the school in January 2013. In July 2013, she was allowed to re-enter the school, which had abandoned the RFID project.[4]

## Academics

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For the 2021-22 school year, the school was given a "C" by the Texas Education Agency.[6]

## Athletics

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The Jay Mustangs compete in these sports:[7]

* Baseball
* Basketball
* Cross country
* American Football
* Golf
* Football
* Softball
* Swimming and diving
* Tennis
* Track and field
* Volleyball
* FIRST Robotics Competition

### Championships

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* 2002 5A State Champions in Boys' Basketball[8]
* 1991 5A State Champions in Girls' Volleyball[9]

### 2015 football incident

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On September 4, 2015, the athletic program attracted national attention after a game in which two players, identified as Victor Rojas and Michael Moreno,[10] drove into the back of umpire Robert Watts during the final moments of the event.[11][12] Rojas was ejected from the game and both were suspended from the team the next day. The two players were later suspended from school and an assistant coach, Mack Breed, who may have provoked the incident, was also suspended. The incident made national news.[13] Breed admitted to ordering the hit, although he later recanted the statement. He resigned that same month.[10][14] He later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault. Part of his sentencing included permanently surrendering his teaching license.[15]

## Notable alumni

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* Scott Ankrom (Class of 1984) -- Former NFL wide receiver. Played one season for the Dallas Cowboys.[16]
* Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, political consultant[17]
* Clarissa Davis (Class of 1985) -- Former NCAA basketball All-American and two-time Naismith National Player of the Year. Olympic and women's professional basketball standout. Inducted into The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.[18]
* Derrick Hatchett (Class of 1975) -- Former NFL player
* Wallace B. Jefferson (Class of 1981) -- Former Chief Justice, and first African American justice on the Supreme Court of Texas, 2004-2013.[19]
* Gina Ortiz Jones Iraq war veteran and Texas politician.
* Rene Lira (Class of 1989) -- Rowlett High School band director and official Cerveza Lite Rocket League team mascot.
* Thomas Lott (Class of 1974) -- Former NFL player
* Mickey Mahler (Class of 1970) -- Former Major League pitcher. Played six seasons for three teams.[20]
* Rick Mahler (Class of 1971) -- Former Major League pitcher. Played thirteen seasons for four teams, primarily the Atlanta Braves.[21]
* Sammy Morris (Class of 1995) -- Former NFL running back. Played 12 seasons for four teams.[22]
* Bo Outlaw (Class of 1989) -- Former NBA basketball player. Played 15 seasons for five teams.[23]
* Reuben Reina (Class of 1986) The most accomplished distance runner in Texas high school history. Former Olympian in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Inducted into both the University of Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame.
* Josh Reynolds (Class of 2013) -- Current NFL wide receiver for the Detroit Lions [24][25][26]
* Chris Ross (Class of 2003) -- Current professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association.[27] As a junior, sank a 50-foot half-court buzzer-beater to give Jay the 2002 Class 5A state basketball championship.[28]
* Yolanda Saldívar -- Convicted murderer of Latin music superstar Selena, and currently serving a life sentence in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.[29] Saldivar attended, but did not graduate from Jay.
* Demetria Sance (Class of 1995) -- Former Olympic volleyball player[30]
* Billy Smith (Class of 1971) -- Former MLB Player
* Billy Taylor (Class of 1973) -- Former NFL player
* Scott Thomas (Class of 1982) -- Former All-American college football player (defensive back) at the Air Force Academy; elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as a USAF F-16 combat pilot in Desert Storm.[31]
* Jacob Zeno (Class of 2019) -- College football quarterback for the Baylor Bears and the UAB Blazers[32]

## References

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1. ^ "JAY H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
2. ^ Northside ISD Namesakes John Jay High School
3. ^ "Students at Texas school forced to wear RFID tracking badges". 11 October 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
4. ^ a b "Tracking system called "mark of the beast" by student dropped in San Antonio". Retrieved 22 August 2013.
5. ^ "US student suspended for refusing to wear school-issued tracker". Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
6. ^ "TEA". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
7. ^ The Athletics Department
8. ^ UIL Boys Basketball State Archives 2001-2002
9. ^ UIL Girls Volleyball State Archives 1991-1992
10. ^ a b "Assistant Mack Breed told John Jay principal he ordered ref hits in anger". ESPN. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
11. ^ Texas school district suspends players after referee hit
12. ^ School district suspends football players for targeting referee
13. ^ Montgomery, David (2015-09-12). "Body Blow on Texas Referee Shakes School and Sport". New York TimesReuters. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
14. ^ "John Jay assistant coach Mack Breed, accused of ordering hit on ref, resigns". ESPN. 2015-09-24. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
15. ^ "Former John Jay coach pleads guilty in assault on blindsided official; charges against players to come". USA Today. 2015-12-14. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
16. ^ "Scott Ankrom". NFL.com. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
17. ^ "Cummings' wife was a San Antonian before her D.C. Life". 19 October 2019.
18. ^ "NCAA Women's Basketball's Finest (PDF)" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
19. ^ "Texas Supreme Court's first African-American justice resigning". Reuters. 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
20. ^ "Mickey Mahler at Baseball Reference.com". BASEBALL REFERENCE.COM. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
21. ^ "Rick Mahler". BASEBALL REFERENCE.COM. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
22. ^ "Sammy Morris". NFL.com. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
23. ^ "Bo Outlaw". Basketball Reference.com. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
24. ^ "Josh Reynolds Player Profile at NFL.com". NFL. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
25. ^ "How Texas A&M WR Josh Reynolds Went From Overlooked to One of the Best Receivers in the 2017 NFL Draft". STACK. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
26. ^ "Titans Add Former Rams WR Josh Reynolds on One-Year Deal". Tennessee Titans. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
27. ^ "Chris Ross". Philippine Basketball Association. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
28. ^ Chan, Lorne (2010-03-04). "Jay star Ross still living the dream". MySA.com. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
29. ^ Offender Information Detail Saldivar, Yolanda Archived 2015-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 2018-02-15
30. ^ "Longhorn legends: Volleyball Hall of Honor inductee Demetria Sance". texassports.com/. 2007-10-11. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|url=` (help)
31. ^ "Scott Thomas". mysanantonio.com. 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
32. ^ Thomas, Terrence; Hinojosa, David (December 20, 2018). "Jay QB's dream becomes a reality as he signs with Baylor". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved September 12, 2023.

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