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Cougars are On the Rise!

See how we're inspiring excellence, building community, and preparing students for success.

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Cougars are On the Rise!

See how we're inspiring excellence, building community, and preparing students for success.

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Lois Harrison-Jones Elementary (formerly John B. Cary) was established in 1913 and built at the present site in 1954. It was designated as a model school in 1969. Lois Harrison-Jones has continued the course of innovative educational strategies and activities. Today our school is an ECO Campus Green School. We were also distinguished as a U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School in April 2022.

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In June 2023, the Richmond School Board voted to remove the name of John B. Cary from the building and rename it Lois Harrison-Jones Elementary. Dr. Harrison-Jones is Richmond’s first woman Superintendent and the first African American woman Superintendent of Schools in the Commonwealths of Virginia and Massachusetts.