Demographic Information

Student Enrollment

• Elementary: 1 school, 195 students
• Middle: 3 schools, 1325 students
• Secondary: 4 schools, 775 students

Number of professional student support staff:

• Attendance Officers: 1
• Counselors: 10
• Nurses: 8
• Psychologists: 2
• Social Workers: 3
• Transition Specialist: 1

Student Support Contact Information

• Director of Special Education/Nurses
  Laura McLaughlin
• Foster Care
  Teresa Standiford
• Guidepost to Graduation
  Caryn Puskarick
• School Counselors
  Todd Barcus
• School Psychologists
  Laura McLaughlin
• Social Workers
  Todd Barcus
• Superintendent
  Cassie Porter
• Transition Specialist
  Caryn Puskarich
• WV Family Engagement
  Cassie Porter, Superintendent

Social and Emotional/Behavior Supports

School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS)
8 schools

• Behavior intervention specialist
• Classroom lessons by school counselors (Academic/career/social-emotional) and school resource officers (Safety/drug awareness)
• Interaction with law enforcement (K-12 law)

Programs/Curricula:

• 2nd step curriculum
• 40 Developmental Assets
• Alternative Behavior Educator (ABE)
• Body Safety Education
• Character Counts
• Common Sense Education: Cyber Safety
• Girls on the Run
• Leader in Me/7 Habits
• Ripple effects
• SAEBRS – Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener
• Safe Schools Online
• Second Step Social-Emotional Curriculum
• Skillstreaming Curriculum
• Talking About Touching, A Personal Safety Curriculum
• The NED Show
• WV LINKS Lessons

Mental Health/Trauma Supports

• ASQ (Ask Suicide-Screening Questions Tool)
• Handle with Care
• Trauma Informed / Sensitive Schools
• WV Expanded School Mental Health
  1 site
• Youth Mental Health First Aid
• Mental Health and Wellness Committee

Programs/Curricula:

• Erin’s law
• Jamie’s law
• Meghan’s law
• Raptor Visitors Management System
• Safety drills and Stop the Bleed trainings
• Skills streaming
• Sources of Strength

Support for At-Risk Students

• Bags of Bounty Program
• Behavior support staff
• Counselors and nurses in every school
• County-wide social workers
• Daily Wellness Check
• Guidepost to Graduation
  2 sites
• Homeless Grant / McKinney Vento
• Hygiene Drive
• Options Pathway
• SAEBR’s Screening Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener
• WV Tiered System of Support (WVTSS)

Prevention

WV Prevention First – Prevention Lead Organizations

Programs/Curricula:

• Catch My Breath Program
• Community Watch Program
• Drug Awareness Concerning Opioids (Grades 6-12)
• Drug Awareness Presentations by School Resource Officers
• K-12 (Tobacco, Alcohol, Vaping, and Illegal Drugs)
• RAZE
• Red Ribbon Week
• School Counselor Classroom Prevention Lessons
• Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
• Too Good for Drugs
• Tobacco Cessation Program
• Vape detectors

Community Partnerships/Initiatives

• Braley & Thompson
• Genesis Family Development Services
• Grandfamilies project
• Harmony Mental Health
• Health Plan mental health partnership
• Veteran’s Day and Purple Star
• Youth Services System
• Wellspring Behavioral Health
• WV Family Engagement Grant
  5 sites
• WV Family Resource Network – Wetzel County

Funding Sources

• Guidepost to Graduation
• McKinney Vento Federal Grant
• School Improvement Funds
• WV Family Engagement Grant