{"id":3542,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:58:11","latitude":46.0055888685995597597866435535252094268798828125,"longitude":-112.550541400778456591069698333740234375,"title":"West Elementary School","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/f420de2b365f4a7589cd1ece729e1f5d.jpg","address":"","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["Story of Butte"],"description":"West Elementary was built in 1969 to serve as a junior high for the students in Uptown Butte. With Butte facing school closures in the mid-1980’s, West was converted to an elementary school in 1986 when Butte adopted the middle school concept by moving 7th and 8th grade students to the now East Middle School.","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>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://storyofbutte.org/files/fullsize/f420de2b365f4a7589cd1ece729e1f5d.jpg":{"id":5830,"mime-type":"image/png","title":"West Elementary, 1969-Present","description":"Wilma Puich","thumbnail":"https://storyofbutte.org/files/square_thumbnails/f420de2b365f4a7589cd1ece729e1f5d.jpg"}}}