{"id":3540,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:58:11","latitude":46.02025270248602595302145346067845821380615234375,"longitude":-112.553695678579970262944698333740234375,"title":"John F. Kennedy Elementary School","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/7127fe069b946ead2af45a4f6e394a52.jpg","address":"","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Story of Butte"],"description":"Kennedy Elementary School is a treasured institution within the Butte community, as it is the last elementary school left on the “hill.” The community support for this school is overwhelming and its student success is celebrated not only by the families it serves, but also by the “old-timers,” the few remaining icons left from a proud mining generation. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nKennedy Elementary was built in 1958 and was originally named “The Big Butte School.” Initially the school was to have sixteen classrooms, but ultimately eight were planned and constructed. In 1963 the school name was changed to the John F. Kennedy Elementary School. At the dedication ceremony, Senator Mike Mansfield presented to Principal “Oakie” O’Connor the flag that flew at half-mast over the White House during the funeral of President Kennedy.<br />","sponsor":"Superfund Advisory and Redevelopment Trust Authority and The Foundation for Montana History","accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<p><em>Where We Went to School, 1866-2015</em><strong>, </strong>Wilma Blewett Puich</p>","<p><a href=\"https://mhs.mt.gov/Shpo/docs/Montana-Mid-Century-Survey-Report.pdf\">Montana Post-World War II Architectural Survey and Inventory</a></p>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/7127fe069b946ead2af45a4f6e394a52.jpg":{"id":5828,"mime-type":"image/png","title":"Kennedy School","description":"Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/7127fe069b946ead2af45a4f6e394a52.jpg"}}}