Student Support
Services Office
Who We Are and What We Do
Our Team
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Sherri Woods, Director
Joy Ray, Secretary
Mark Meadows, Assistant Attendance Director
Felicia Hathaway, Assistant Attendance Director
Mark Spencer, Assistant Attendance Director
Lisa Carrere, Social Worker
School Nurses
Sherrie Lake Homebound/Dropout Prevention
Michelle Black Homebound/Dropout Prevention
Nikita Parsons, School-Based P.O.
Dropout Rates
Graduation Data 08-14
School Year
Type
All
2008-2009
Four Year Grads
67.83%
2009-2010
Five Year Grads
70.71%
2009-2010
Four Year Grads
71.05%
2010-2011
Five Year Grads
74.92%
2010-2011
Four Year Grads
71.04%
2011-2012
Five Year Grads
75.11%
2011-2012
Four Year Grads
71.91%
2012-2013
Five Year Grads
74.01%
2012-2013
Four Year Grads
74.00%
2013-2014
Five Year Grads
77.26%
2013-2014
Four Year Grads
78.31%
Graduation Data
School Year
Time to Graduation Outcome
Graduates
4-Years
Non-Graduates
2012-2013
Count
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2013-2014
Count
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2014-2015
Count
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16,850
81.39%
16,719
84.47%
17,012
86.53%
3,852
18.61%
3,074
15.53%
2,648
13.47%
20,702
5-Years
Graduates
Non-Graduates
19,793
19,660
17,144
81.40%
17,295
83.55%
16,723
84.65%
3,917
18.60%
3,406
16.45%
3,033
15.35%
21,061
20,701
19,756
CABELL COUNTY GRADUATION RATE 2014 -15
Four Year Grads
Total
82.15%
Five Year Grads
Total
78.31%
Graduation & Dropout Rates
Graduation Rates are on the upswing.
What has helped?
• Waiver
• Judicial System
• Options
Truancy Data
2013 and 2014
Legal Notices for CMHS and Feeder Middle Schools
2013
779
2014
1231
2015
894
(BMS 35 letters MMS 39 letters) down over 60%
Legal Notices for HHS and Feeder Middle School
2013
1480
2014
1578
2015
1044
(HEMS 55 letters HMS 87 letters) down over 50%
Truancy Data
Court Cases
CMHS and Feeder Middle Schools
2013
2014
38
34
2015
68
HHS and Feeder Middle Schools
2013
85
2014
90
2015
117
Truancy
Some questions we can answer
Why the Increase?
What does the School-Based Probation Officer (SBPO)
do; and is it working?
How does she get her referrals?
Who does she communicate with to identify students?
What happens if the student doesn’t comply?
Why are we filing truancy and incorrigible?
How is DHHR involved in this process?
How We Do IT
Attendance team meetings
At those meetings; discuss students who have
missed a certain number of unexcused
absences.
• Contract
• Pre-Diversion
• Court
Contract
Middle School Students are often placed
on a contract with the SBPO as the first
line of defense.
• Parent & Student meeting
• Guidelines & rules
• Weekly visits
• Communication
Pre-Diversion Meeting
Pre-Diversion Meetings
• Parent & Student attend
• Students cannot have previously been in
the court system
• Around the table: Attendance Team,
Counselors, Graduation Coach, SBPO,
Assistant Prosecutors, Public Defenders,
Prestera, & DHHR
• Why and what can we do to help?
Court
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Students
Circuit Court
Truancy
Incorrigible
Improvement
Probation
Placement
Reviews
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Parents
Circuit Court
Truancy
Improvement
Fines & Court Cost
Trial
2nd Offense (jailable)
We Go to Meetings,
lots of Meetings!
CCSAPP, FRN, RVCDC, DHHR, Lunch Bunch –
Homeless Coalition, Child Abuse Task Force, MDITs,
Housing Authority Coalition, Early Head Start Meeting,
Attendance Meetings, SAT meetings, Truancy Court
Meetings, School-Based Probation Officer Meetings, &
Education Matters
Why all the meetings? For STUDENT SUCCESS