Jackson County Data
Demographic Information
Student Enrollment
- Primary: 1 school, 278 students
- Elementary: 7 schools, 1653 students
- Middle: 2 schools, 957 students
- Secondary: 2 schools, 1226 students
Number of professional student support staff:
- Attendance Officers: 1
- Communities in Schools Coordinators: 3
- Counselors: 15
- Nurses: 8
- Psychologists: 4.5
- Social Workers: 4
- Truancy Diversion Specialists: 1
Student Support Contact Information
- Communities In Schools Dr. William Chapman, Director of Federal Programs, wchapman@k12.wv.us
- Foster Care Dwayne Merritt, Director of Attendance, dmerritt@k12.wv.us
- School Counselors Dr. William Chapman, Director of Federal Programs, wchapman@k12.wv.us
- School Nurses Melissa Browning, Director of Special Education, mbrownin@k12.wv.us
- Social Workers/School Psychologists Melissa Browning, Director of Special Education, mbrownin@k12.wv.us
Social and Emotional/Behavior Supports
Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS) 1 school
Programs/Curricula:
- Body Safety Education
- Character Counts
- Common Sense Education: Cyber Safety
- EVERFI
- Leader in Me/7 Habits
- Respect and Protect
- Safe Schools Online
- We Care Elementary
- Tiered WVTSS response for behavior and student support.
Mental Health/Trauma Supports
- PREPaRE Model Crisis Intervention 2 support staff trained
- Handle with Care
- Trauma Informed Schools Training
Programs/Curricula:
- EVERFI
- Signs of Suicide
- School Mental Health Services (Westbrook Health Services & Coplin Health Systems)
Support for At-Risk Students
Prevention
WV Prevention First – Prevention Lead Organizations
Programs/Curricula:
Community Partnerships/Initiative
- Active Parenting Training
- School Based Health Centers 1 site
- Coplin Health Systems (school-based mental health)
- Westbrook Health Services (school-based mental health)
Funding Sources
- Communities in Schools Grant
- McKinney Vento Federal Grant
- ReClaimWV Grant Funding
- RCORP Grant initiative for Drug Treatment (Coplin Health Systems)