Demographic Information

• Primary – 30 schools, 9,845 students
• Elementary – 339 schools, 92,914 students
• Middle – 153 schools, 63,559 students
• Secondary – 115 schools, 77,800 students
• Alternative – 10 schools, 532 students

Number of Professional Student Support Staff

• Attendance Staff – 91
• Communities In Schools Coordinators – 272
• School Counselors – 806
• School Nurses – 374
• School Psychologists – 135
• Social Workers – 244
• Student Social & Emotional Support Specialists – 145
• Truancy Diversion Specialist – 12

Social and Emotional/Behavior Supports

• Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS)
• WV Behavior & Mental Health Technical Assistance Center (BMHTAC)
• WV College and Career Readiness Dispositions and Standards for Student Success

Mental Health/Trauma Supports

• 24/7 Children’s Crisis and Referral Line
• ACES Coalition of WV
• Handle with Care
• PREPaRE Model Crisis Intervention
• Project AWARE (Expanded School Mental Health & Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports)
• Children, Youth and Families – WVBBH
• WV Behavior and Mental Health Technical Assistance Center (BMHTAC)
• WV Expanded School Mental Health (ESMH)

Support for At-Risk Students

• Communities In Schools (CIS)
• Homeless Grant / McKinney Vento
• Neglected and Delinquent State Agency Program
• Neglected and Delinquent Local Educational Agency Program
• WV Guideposts to Graduation
• WV Schools of Diversion & Transition

Prevention

• It’s on Us WV
• Prevent Suicide WV Training (DHHR)
• WV Prevention First – Prevention Lead Organizations
• WVBE Policy 2520.5 – WV College and Career Readiness Dispositions and Standards for Wellness Education
• WVBE Policy 2520.19 – WV College and Career Readiness Dispositions and standards for Student Success
• WV Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)

Community Partnerships/Initiative

• 21st CCLC Afterschool Programs
• DHHR Bureau for Behavioral Health, Office of Children, Youth & Families
• DHHR Bureau for Public Health, Office of Maternal Child & Family Health
• Family Engagement Resource Centers (FERC)
• Lawyers in Schools Programs
• School Based Health Centers
• WV Family Engagement Grant

WVDE Student Support & Well-Being Contacts

• 21st Century Community Learning Centers
  Sherry Swint
  Loren Farmer
• Attendance
  Stacey Losh
• Child Nutrition
  Amanda Harrison
• Communities In Schools
  Cynthia Sorsaia and Tracy Komorowski
• Guideposts to Graduation
  Tonya Rutkowski
• Homeless/McKinney-Vento, Neglected & Delinquent
  Kristin Walter
• Family & Community Engagement, Special Education, ACEs
  Nancy Cline
• Safe Schools
  Jonah Adkins
• School Counseling & Student Support, CSCP Model, Project AWARE, ESMH, Social-Emotional Learning, Prevention, WVTSS, ACEs
  Stephanie Hayes
• School Mental Health, Prevention, Project AWARE, ESMH, Military Families, WVTSS, ACEs
  Kelly Mordecki
• School Nurses, School Health
  Carol Ward
• School Psychologist/Behavior Interventionist, Special Education, WVTSS, PREPaRE Crisis Intervention
  Lisha Tignor
• WV Schools of Diversion & Transition, Superintendent
  Jacob Green
• WV Standards for Student Success (Middle/Secondary), WVTSS
  Lauren Landry