The Tucson Unified School District building.
For the first time, Tucson Unified School District is providing free before and after-school childcare.
The new program will serve nearly 11-hundred students in southern Arizona's largest school district, paid for out of existing district funds and a 2-million dollar grant.
The demand for the service is high, so TUSD is having to give priority to low-income families, refugees, veteran families and families who work for the district.
District officials say they could handle more children, but need to hire more staff. They have at least 10 open positions. To make the jobs more attractive, and persuade more people to apply, TUSD has made them full-time with benefits.
The new hires will work childcare either before or after school then work in other capacities in district schools to fill out their hours to full time
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