As of 1997[update] the school is governed by a board of directors made of four parents. In 1997 Cristina M. Ortega of theMiami Herald described the school as "part school, part social club", citing how parents were on the classroom premises while their children were instructed.[4]
By January 1983, the Japanese community in the Miami area, including Broward County, sought to establish a weekend Japanese school. The expected number of children from Broward County was 20-25. The Florida Committee for the Establishment of a Japanese Language School formed to hammer out how to create a hoshuko. The initial plan was to create such a school in Broward County.Pine Crest School inFort Lauderdale was a proposed location.[5] In February 1983 the plan was instead to open the school at David Fairchild Elementary School,[6] which is in anunincorporated area of the county.[7]
Originally established in April 1983,[8]Showa 58,[9] it was called the Florida Nihongo Gakko,[10] with the official name Florida Japanese Language School[11] (フロリダ日本語補習校Furorida Nihongo Hoshūkō).[9] Its initial enrollment was 40.[12]
In 1986, it was renamed Miami Hoshu Jugyo Ko (マイアミ補習授業校), then received its current name in 1990 (Heisei 2). By 1993 (Heisei 5), it was holding classes in a rented facility,[9] in the Kendall United Methodist Church,[4] now inPinecrest but formerly in theKendallcensus-designated place as of 1990.[13]
^Rodriguez, Anne (February 3, 1983). "Japanese families plan school to save culture".The Miami Herald.Miami, Florida. p. 7. -Clipping fromNewspapers.com. This article mentions the same committee as "Japanese seek own school" so this is the same school.
^"Home". David Fairchild Elementary School. RetrievedFebruary 27, 2022.Address: 5757 SW 45TH STREET, MIAMI, FL 33155 - The school is not in the Miami city limits.
^Rodriguez, Anne (April 24, 1983). "The Japanese alphabet".The Miami Herald. p. 30. -Clipping fromNewspapers.com. As this is at David Fairchild Elementary this is the same school.
2001:"Map & Location". Kendall United Methodist Church. April 6, 2001. Archived fromthe original on April 6, 2001. RetrievedFebruary 25, 2022.7600 SW 104th Street Miami, FL 33156
