As he motivates the students, Nicholas Jones works to hype up the crowd at one of the annual pep rallies at Hays Middle School. Jones will be leaving Hays to become the principal for the 2022-23 school year at Prosper High School. “I am going to miss the kids,” Jones said. “I hired all of the staff (at Hays). I opened the school, so every single person there, I hired. Thats going to be a challenge to leave them. 