History
The school was named for former Alabama congressman Robert E. "Bob" Jones. (Originally the school was to be named for James Record, the former Alabama State Senator and Madison County Commission Chairman who suggested Jones for the honor instead.) The current principal is Robert Parker, and the school is in Region 8 of class 6A in the AHSAA. As of 2007, it is the largest high school in Alabama by enrollment.
Bob Jones High School opened in 1974 at 1304 Hughes Road as a part of the Madison County School system. It remained a part of this system until 1998, when the Madison City Schools system was created.
In 1996 BJHS moved to a newly-constructed building at 650 Hughes Road in 1996, leaving the previous building for Discovery Middle School. The school plans underestimated the rate at which Madison was growing, and a few years after moving to the new location, the 9th grade, traditionally part of the high school, had to be put into the middle schools to make room at the new building. A new wing has since been added to alleviate further growth problems. When a second high school, James Clemens High School, was opened in 2012, the 9th grade was then moved back to the high schools.
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