Middle College is usually advertised as being for "at risk" students, but when we dug into our program (well, scratched the surface of that statement), it turned out that "at risk" was defined in many ways, including, "going through the motions high school and at risk in spite of having high grades," and "not desirous of a traditional high school experience."
It wouldn't be unusual in public school jargon for the term "At risk" to be used in this manner. "At risk" can mean at risk of a lot of different detrimental outcomes or challenges.....at risk of suicide / depression, at risk of becoming educationally disconnected, at risk of dropping out, at risk of harming oneself or other, and on and on. As most in this forum are aware, such behaviors includes very high intellect students if not having a higher risk than average.
