 In 1997, a petition was presented to the Legislative Assembly of Victoria signed by 1,879 residents of Carrum Downs which sought action for the ""construction of suitable facilities in Carrum Downs with the view of relocating Monterey Secondary College from its present location in Frankston North"".The petition was unsuccessful.During the 2000s, the public Carrum Downs Secondary College as well as the Carrum Downs Campus of the private Flinders Christian Community College were eventually established in Carrum Downs to ease enrolment at Monterey Secondary College.