USD 207, Fort Leavenworth School District, by state statute, serves students in grade K-9 who are residents living in housing located on the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas military reservation, and the lands of United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas.   A resident student is any child who has attained the age of eligibility for school attendance (through ninth grade) and lives with a parent or a person acting as a parent who is a resident of the district. For the purposes of this policy, parent means the natural parents, adoptive parents, step-parents and foster parents. For the purposes of this policy, person acting as a parent means a guardian or conservator, a person by law liable to care for or support the child, a person who has actual care and control of the child and provides a major portion of support, or a person who has actual care and control of the child with written consent of a person who has legal custody of the child.

Nonresident students are those who do not meet the definition of a resident student. Nonresident students may be admitted to the extent that staff and facilities are available, and the criteria set forth in the District’s Enrollment Guidelines are met.  

Children who are homeless as defined by Kansas law, and who are located in the district will be admitted as resident students. (See also JBCA)

Click here for Enrollment Guidelines

Click here for NEW Non-Resident Enrollment Request Form (for NEW students only)

Requests may be e-mailed to bmelick@ftlvn.com or faxed to 913-758-6010 Attn: Birgitta.  You may also hand carry them into our office or send them through the postal service to:

Fort Leavenworth Board of Education

Attn: Birgitta Melick
207 Education Way
Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027