Worthing High School (Houston, Texas)
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9215 Scott Street Houston, Texas 77051 United States |
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| Coordinates | 29°39′26″N 95°22′00″W / 29.657335°N 95.366774°WCoordinates: 29°39′26″N 95°22′00″W / 29.657335°N 95.366774°W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1958 |
| Principal | Duane Clark |
| Faculty | 41 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 639 (2014-2015) |
| Color(s) | Kelly Green, Vegas Gold, Black |
| Team name | Colts |
| Website | Official Website |
Evan Edward Worthing High School is a secondary school located in the Sunnyside area of Houston, Texas, United States.
Worthing serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District.
Worthing has Houston ISD's magnet program for Mathematics, Science and Technology.
Worthing Junior-Senior High School was built in 1958, and it opened on January 27, 1958. The students zoned to Worthing previously attended Miller Junior High School and Yates High School. The school is named after Evan Edward Worthing, a Houston real-estate developer who set up a scholarship trust for African-American HISD students. A native of Michigan, he earned a mechanical engineering degree from Texas A&M University, where he was captain of the American football team. His will stated that African-Americans should inherit his wealth; this led to the opening of Worthing. The school originally covered grades 7 through 12. Worthing was originally located at 4330 Bellfort Boulevard; as the first building became overcrowded a new high school campus opened. Worthing moved to 9215 Scott Street at Reed Road, and Attucks Middle School opened at the former location.
In 2000 Worthing had over 1,700 students.
In 2007, prosecutors charged a student for "felony assault of a public servant." According to the charge, on Friday, May 11, 2007, a 15-year-old male student beat home economics Teacher Vanesta Marshall on the left side of her face, from her eyebrow to her chin, in retaliation for sending him to the principal. Marshall said that the other students restrained the attacker.
That same year, a Johns Hopkins University/Associated Press study referred to Worthing as a "dropout factory" where at least 40% of the entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year. Teenage pregnancies also occurred at the school.
In 2011, two persons opened fire during a powder-puff football game at Worthing. One man, an 18-year-old former student named Tremaine De Ante’ Paul, died. Five other people received injuries.
As part of the 2014-2015 rezoning, residents of South Park located west of Martin Luther King Boulevard were rezoned from Jones High School to Worthing. John Modest, the principal, stated that he expected to receive 200 new students.
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