A Central Coast College is working towards identifying troubled students through a new method being used by colleges across the country. Monterey Peninsula College is the first reported college on the Central Coast to identify at-risk students through “Threat Assessment”. The school says if a student acts out in class, a report is filed by Campus police, and is kept on file in a computer database so that school counselors can be alerted early on before a student becomes expelled. School officials say threat assessment is a way to assess potential threats and decide what action to take next.
