Mercer County Data
Demographic Information
Student Enrollment
- Primary: 3 schools, 1013 students
- Elementary: 13 schools, 2787 students
- Middle: 4 schools, 2195 students
- Secondary: 4 schools, 2338 students
Number of professional student support staff:
- Attendance Officer: 1
- Counselors: 26
- Nurses: 8
- Psychologists: 1
- Social Workers: 13.5
- Student Social & Emotional Support Specialist: 5.5
Student Support Contact Information
- Communities In Schools
Jenny Collis - Director of School Psychologists
Lynn Bayle - Expanded School Mental Health
Katie Williamson, Southern Highlands Medical Ctr. - WV Guideposts to Graduation
Lynn Bayle - Pupil Services
Amanda Aliff - Social Workers
Amanda Aliff - Substance Abuse Block Grant
Amanda Aliff - WV Family Engagement
Pamela Clark
Social and Emotional/Behavior Supports
- School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS)
6 schools
Programs/Curricula:
- All Stars Prevention
- Alternative Behavior Educator (ABE)
- Body Safety Education
- Capturing Kids’ Hearts
- Character Counts
- Child Safety Matters
- Common Sense Education: Cyber Safety
- Draw the Line/Respect the Line
- EVERFI
- Girls on the Run
- Leader in Me/7 Habits
- Life Skills/Overcoming Obstacles
- Love Note Curriculum
- Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
- Peers Making Peace
- Positive Action
- Promoting Health Among Teens (Abstinence Only)
- Relationship Smart Plus
- Respect and Protect
- Restorative Justice
- Safe Schools Online
- Second Step Curriculum
- Self-Esteem Workbook
- STOMP Out Bullying
- Talking About Touching, A Personal Safety Curriculum
- Terrific Kids Program
- The NED Show
- WV LINKS Lessons
Mental Health/Trauma Supports
- Grant funded mental health spaces in every school
- PREPaRE Model Crisis Intervention – 2 professional student support staff trained
Programs/Curricula:
Support for At-Risk Students
- Communities In Schools (CIS)
7 sites - WV Guideposts to Graduation
4 sites - Homeless Grant / McKinney Vento
- TRIO Program
Substance Abuse Prevention
DHHR Region 6 Prevention Lead Organization
Programs/Curricula:
- All Stars Prevention
- Drug Free All Stars
- EVERFI
- Generation Rx
- RAZE
- Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
- Too Good for Drugs
Community Partnerships/Initiative
Funding Sources
- Communities In School
- WV Guideposts to Graduation
- McKinney Vento Federal Grant
- ReClaimWVGrant Funding
- Substance Abuse Federal Block Grant
- WV Family Engagement Grant