Pocahontas County Data
Demographic Information
Student Enrollment
- Elementary: 2 schools, 200 students
- Middle: 2 schools, 349 students
- Secondary: 1 school, 298 students
Number of professional student support staff:
- Counselors: 4
- Nurses: 1
- Social Workers: 1
- Student Social & Emotional Support Specialist: 2
- Truancy Diversion Specialist: 0.5
Student Support Contact Information
- Attendance: Julie Shiflet
- Communities In Schools: Julie Shiflet, Kristy Tritapoe
- Expanded School Mental Health: Peggy Stull, Youth Health Services
- Family Engagement: Kristy Tritapoe
- Foster Care: Julie Shiflet
- Nurses: Jenny Friel
- McKinney Vento/Homeless: Julie Shiflet, Jennifer Barlow
- Social Worker/Counselors: Dana Cutlip
Social and Emotional/Behavior Supports
School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS)
- 5 schools
Programs/Curricula:
- Alternative Behavior Educator (ABE)
- Body Safety Education
- Botvin Lifeskills
- Caring School Community
- Common Sense Education: Cyber Safety
- EVERFI
- Girls on the Run
- Leader in Me/7 Habits
- Peaceful Alternatives to Tough Situations (PATTS)
- Safe Schools Online
- The NED Show
- WV LINKS Lessons
Mental Health/Trauma Supports
- Expanded School Mental Health
4 sites - Handle with Care
- Trauma Informed / Sensitive Schools
Programs/Curricula:
Support for At-Risk Students
Prevention
WV Prevention First – Prevention Lead Organizations
Programs/Curricula:
- Alcohol Education
- Generation Rx
- Keep a Clear Mind
- Not On Tobacco
- RAZE
- Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
- STARS for Families
- Too Good for Drugs
Community Partnerships/Initiative
Funding Sources
- Communities In Schools
- McKinney-Vento Federal Grant
- ReClaimWV Block Grant
- Substance Abuse Block Grant