Nettie Hartnett Education Center

The first Leavenworth Junior High School was built in 1923 at Third Avenue and Congress in Leavenworth, Kansas. It was the only Junior High in the school district.

History

The building was used as a 7th Grade Center and became an elementary school in 1969. It was named the Nettie Hartnett School in recognition of a school employee who retired after 49 years in the Leavenworth School system. Ms.Hartnett began working in the office of the principal at Leavenworth school in September 1911 in the building at 4th and Chestnut and eventually became the register. When Fifth Avenue School closed in 1970 its students attended Nettie Hartnett Elementary.

Name change

In 2010 Nettie Hartnett Elementary School became the Nettie Hartnett Education Center. Nettie Hartnett Education Center serves as the home for the Leavenworth Virtual School, Parents as Teachers Program, an alternative school, and home of the District Special Education administration and itinerant staff.