A student's non-credible threat on social media to bring weapons to Mission Bay High School prompted a police presence at the school Monday, according to a letter from the school's principal.
Principal Ernest Remillard sent an email to parents Monday morning alerting them there would be additional San Diego Unified police officers at the school due to "threatening content of the posts" shared over the weekend.
The threats were deemed not credible but campus police officers would be at the school throughout the week as a precaution, the letter read.
The student who made the potential threat was involved in a physical confrontation with another student last Thursday, Remillard said.
"There was a physical incident which took place last Thursday between two MBHS students, and over the weekend potential threats were made to bring weapons to the school by one of the students involved," Remillard said in the letter.
The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said there was no specific threat made to the school but the post was concerning to another student's parents, who reported it to SDPD Sunday evening.
SDPD said the student was identified and taken to the hospital for a mental evaluation Monday. The student was not arrested.
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The school's police department was handling the investigation.
Remillard reassured parents the school was a safe place for students and urged them to keep their kids in school.
No other information was available.
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