CONNOR HENRICKSEN:  A nonprofit is planning to turn an old elementary school into a child care center. NWPB’s Lauren Gallup reports.
LAUREN GALLUP: The Pierce County Labor Community Services Agency wants to make child care more accessible and affordable for workers. Especially those in the building and construction industry. 
That’s why the nonprofit bought the old Willard School in East Tacoma.
The hope is to have child care there from 5 a-m to 10 p-m — to better accommodate the hours when these workers actually need help. 
Nathe Lawver  is president of the nonprofit —
NATHE LAWVER: “We have registered apprentices that are being dispatched at 5:00 a.m., and they have, and they have to be on the job site then, and there's no place for them to take their kids.” 
GALLUP: Now, Pierce County Labor is going to have to raise money to renovate the building. The price tag for renovations will likely be $3.5 million.
If everything goes to schedule, the facility will open in early 2028.
In Tacoma, I’m Lauren Gallup