 The school's main football coach, also a special education teacher, stated in a 2018 "Houston Chronicle" article that morale among the teachers declined due to the constant principal turnover; there had been a total of six from 2008 to 2018.In the period 2011-2018 Worthing had the highest such administrative turnover rate of any Houston high school.In 2011, two persons opened fire during a powder-puff American football game at Worthing.