West Virginia Summary Data
Demographic Information
- Primary – 30 schools, 9,845 students
- Elementary – 339 schools, 92,914 students
- Middle – 153 schools, 63,559 students
- Secondary – 115 schools, 77,800 students
- Alternative – 10 schools, 532 students
Number of Professional Student Support Staff
- Attendance Staff – 91
- Communities In Schools Coordinators – 272
- School Counselors – 806
- School Nurses – 374
- School Psychologists – 135
- Social Workers – 244
- Student Social & Emotional Support Specialists – 145
- Truancy Diversion Specialist – 12
Social and Emotional/Behavior Supports
- Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS)
- WV Behavior & Mental Health Technical Assistance Center (BMHTAC)
- WV College and Career Readiness Dispositions and Standards for Student Success
Mental Health/Trauma Supports
- 24/7 Children’s Crisis and Referral Line
- ACES Coalition of WV
- Handle with Care
- PREPaRE Model Crisis Intervention
- Project AWARE (Expanded School Mental Health & Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports)
- Children, Youth and Families – WVBBH
- WV Behavior and Mental Health Technical Assistance Center (BMHTAC)
- WV Expanded School Mental Health (ESMH)
Support for At-Risk Students
- Communities In Schools (CIS)
- Homeless Grant / McKinney Vento
- Neglected and Delinquent State Agency Program
- Neglected and Delinquent Local Educational Agency Program
- WV Guideposts to Graduation
- WV Schools of Diversion & Transition
Prevention
- It’s on Us WV
- Prevent Suicide WV Training (DHHR)
- WV Prevention First – Prevention Lead Organizations
- WVBE Policy 2520.5 – WV College and Career Readiness Dispositions and Standards for Wellness Education
- WVBE Policy 2520.19 – WV College and Career Readiness Dispositions and standards for Student Success
- WV Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
Community Partnerships/Initiative
- 21st CCLC Afterschool Programs
- DHHR Bureau for Behavioral Health, Office of Children, Youth & Families
- DHHR Bureau for Public Health, Office of Maternal Child & Family Health
- Lawyers in Schools Programs
- School Based Health Centers
- WV Family Engagement Grant
WVDE Student Support & Well-Being Contacts
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Sherry Swint
Loren Farmer - Attendance
Stacey Losh - Child Nutrition
Amanda Harrison - Communities In Schools
Cynthia Sorsaia and Tracy Komorowski - Guideposts to Graduation
Tonya Rutkowski - Homeless/McKinney-Vento, Neglected & Delinquent
Kristin Walter - Family & Community Engagement, Special Education, ACEs
Nancy Cline - Safe Schools
Jonah Adkins - School Counseling & Student Support, CSCP Model, Project AWARE, ESMH, Social-Emotional Learning, Prevention, WVTSS, ACEs
Stephanie Hayes - School Mental Health, Prevention, Project AWARE, ESMH, Military Families, WVTSS, ACEs
Kelly Mordecki - School Nurses, School Health
Carol Ward - School Psychologist/Behavior Interventionist, Special Education, WVTSS, PREPaRE Crisis Intervention
Lisha Tignor - WV Schools of Diversion & Transition, Superintendent
Jacob Green - WV Standards for Student Success (Middle/Secondary), WVTSS
Lauren Landry
Individual County Snapshots