The union that represents support staff for the Juneau School District is suing the district over its afterschool child care program.

Juneau Education Support Staff, or JESS, filed a lawsuit Monday alleging the district didn’t follow the necessary steps in the union contract when it shut down the program last month . The union represents paraeducators, custodians and employees for the Relationships and Leadership Learning for Youth program, known as RALLY.

Auke Lake Preschool was the only private provider that stepped in to fill the gap. The Juneau-based provider is leasing space at three elementary schools rent-free to run an afterschool child care program called Auke Lake RALLY. That’s been run by Auke Lake Preschool since Sept. 2.

The district’s agreement with the union r

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