{"id":3541,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:58:11","latitude":45.9611593687785671136225573718547821044921875,"longitude":-112.521530628073378466069698333740234375,"title":"Margaret Leary Elementary School","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/f5c29d762a985f259699b2372a177d37.jpg","address":"","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Story of Butte"],"description":"Margaret Leary Elementary School was constructed in 1973 when the “open-concept” philosophy dominated the educational world. Its original architectural design had large open spaces with moveable dividers. Over the years, Margaret Leary’s interior design evolved to a more traditional school with individual classrooms. <br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe school was named in honor of Margaret Leary, an icon in the Butte School District, starting as a stenographer in 1925, and retiring as the Financial Clerk in 1973. Her dedication, work ethic, and passion to education and the Butte School District remains the benchmark for “excellence.”","sponsor":"Superfund Advisory and Redevelopment Trust Authority and The Foundation for Montana History","accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<em>Where We Went to School, 1866-2015</em><strong>, </strong>Wilma Blewett"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/f5c29d762a985f259699b2372a177d37.jpg":{"id":5829,"mime-type":"image/png","title":"Margaret Leary School, 1973-Present","description":"Wilma Puich","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/f5c29d762a985f259699b2372a177d37.jpg"}}}