Taylor County Data
Demographic Information
Student Enrollment
- Elementary: 5 schools, 946 students
- Middle: 1 school, 677 students
- Secondary: 1 school, 644 students
Number of professional student support staff:
- Attendance Officers: 1
- CIS Coordinators: 5
- Counselors: 7
- Family Outreach Facilitators: 5
- Nurses: 5
- Psychologists: 1
- Student Social & Emotional Support Specialist: 1
Student Support Contact Information
- Communities In Schools: Linda Casto
- Instruction: Linda Casto
- Foster Care: Jenny McCarthy
- WV Guideposts to Graduation: Shannon Lewis
- School Psychologists: Shannon Lewis
- Lawyers in Schools: Melissa Lilly
- School Nurses: Diana Simmons
Social and Emotional/Behavior Supports
School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS)
- 2 schools
Programs/Curricula:
- Body Safety Education
- Botvin Lifeskills
- Character Counts
- Common Sense Education: Cyber Safety
- Girls on the Run
- Second Step Curriculum
- The NED Show
Mental Health/Trauma Supports
- Grant funding for mental health spaces in all schools
- Handle with Care
- PREPaRE Model Crisis Intervention – 1 professional student support staff trained
- Trauma Informed Schools Training
Support for At-Risk Students
- Communities In Schools (CIS): 6 schools
- WV Guideposts to Graduation: 6 schools
- Homeless Grant / McKinney Vento
Prevention
WV Prevention First – Prevention Lead Organizations
Programs/Curricula:
Community Partnerships/Initiative
Funding Sources
- Communities In Schools
- WV Guideposts to Graduation
- McKinney Vento Federal Grant
- ReClaimWV Grant Funding
- Substance Abuse Block Grant