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Livonia schools, asked the board of the Hinoki school to merge with the Livonia School District. In May 2014, the Hinoki board
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International School was established in 2010 as the Japanese American School of South East Michigan (JASSEM, or 南東ミシガン日米学校), by Ted Delphia, co-owner of Himawari Preschool and head of the Michigan Japanese Bilingual Education Foundation (MJBEF), a 501(c)(3) public charity. The elementary
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Livonia school facility. On July 28, Livonia Public Schools (LPS) revoked the Hinoki charter since the charter school had no building. LPS then opened a district-operated school-of-choice elementary school with a similar program, called the
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Saginaw Valley State University, and moved to 29230 W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, Michigan, and began enrolling students in Kindergarten through 5th grade for fall 2015.
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