Kanawha County Data
Demographic Information
Student Enrollment
- Primary: 2 schools, 289 students
- Elementary: 42 schools, 11,046 students
- Middle: 13 schools, 5,397 students
- Secondary: 8 schools, 7,711 students
- Alternative: 1 school, 147 students
Number of professional student support staff:
- Attendance Officers: 27
- Communities In Schools Coordinators: 6
- Student Social & Emotional Support Specialist: 6
- Counselors: 97
- Nurses: 38
- Social Workers: 7 (4 Family Support Workers, 2 Homeless Facilitators, 1 Trauma Specialist)
- Psychologists: 25
- ESMH Program Director: 1
- Truancy Diversion Specialists: 1
- Social Emotional Learning Interventionist: 1 contract per school
- Board Certified Behavior Analysts: 4
Student Support Contact Information
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21st CCLC Afterschool
Cindy Hamilton -
Assistant Superintendent for Special Education and Student Support
Megan McCorkle -
Foster Care
Eddie Ivy -
Handle with Care Pilot
Jon Duffy -
Lawyers in Schools
Melissa Lilly -
School Counselors
Jon Duffy -
School Nurses
Alicia Warden -
School Psychologists
Lauren Winter -
Social Workers
Eddie Ivy
Social and Emotional/Behavior Supports
Programs/Curricula:
- All Stars
- Alternative Behavior Educator (ABE)
- Body Safety Education
- Building Assets Reducing Risks (BARR) Program – 11 schools
- Caring School Community
- Character Counts
- Child Safety Matters
- Childhelp – Speak Up Be Safe
- Common Sense Education: Cyber Safety
- Draw the Line/Respect the Line
- EL Character Education Model
- Girls on the Run
- Leader in Me/7 Habits
- Life Skills/Overcoming Obstacles
- Love Note Curriculum
- Panorama SEL Survey and Playbook Lessons
- Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS)
- Relationship Smart Plus
- Respect and Protect
- Restorative Justice
- SAEBRS Screener (Elementary Schools)
- SAMSHA “Preventing Suicide” – Toolkit for High Schools
- Safe Schools Online
- Stop the Hurt Coloring Book Curricula
- Second Step SEL K-8 with Digital components
- Self-Esteem Workbook
- Steps to Respect
- STOPit
- Student Needs Assessment (Middle/High School)
- Talking About Touching, A Personal Safety Curriculum
- Teaching Children Empathy
- The NED Show
- WV LINKS Lessons
Mental Health/Trauma Supports
- Common Ground
- Expanded School Mental Health(ESMH) – 6 pilot schools
- Handle with Care
- Local mental health agencies partnerships for teletherapy and on-site therapy
- PREPaRE Model Crisis Intervention – 5 professional student support staff trained
- Prevent Suicide WV
- SafeTALK Training
- School Counselors in Residence Program
- Trauma Informed Schools Training
Programs/Curricula:
- Mind Matters
- Mind UP
- Mind Yeti
- Signs of Suicide
- Therapy Bus
Support for At-Risk Students
- C.H.A.N.C.E Elementary Program
- WV Guideposts to Graduation – 7 sites
- Homeless Grant/McKinney Vento
- Mission WV Bridge Program
- Pathways Program at Chandler Academy
Prevention
WV Prevention First – Prevention Lead Organizations
Programs/Curricula:
- CATCH My Breath E-Cigarette & JUUL Prevention
- EVERFI
- GameChanger – Horace Mann Middle School & Kanawha City Elementary
- Generation Rx
- RAZE
- Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
- Tar Wars
- Too Good for Drugs
- Virtual Drug Education Course
Community Partnerships/Initiatives
- 21st CCLC Afterschool Programs – 4 sites
- Active Parenting Training
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Child, Youth, and School Services (Army)
- Education Elevators Mentoring
- Lawyers in Schools
- School-Based Health Center – 15 sites
- SPARK Mentoring Program
- WV Family Engagement Grant – 8 sites
Funding Sources
- 21stCCLC Afterschool Programs
- ESSERF
- WV Guideposts to Graduation
- KCS SOR ESMH Grant
- McKinney Vento Federal Grant
- Substance Abuse Prevention Block Grant
- WV Family Engagement Grant