i'm one of the board members of kinmon gakuen.or the reason that children of japanese descent were discriminated in public schools, kinmon gakuen was founded in 1910. they rented a small house at 2301 bush street and operated there until 1921 when the new building was constructed at 2031 bush street. that is its current location. the school's operation, as mentioned, was interrupted by the war and due to the hysteria brought on by the war, the u.s. government seized the building and used it as a processing center for the hundreds of japanese-american families that lived in japantown or san francisco before they were sent to the concentration camps. as supervisor peskin mentioned, it was used by the booker t. community center after the war. the building was returned to kinmon gakuen, and resumes operations, but found it challenging because most of the families did not return after being incarcerated. but they persevered. in the late 60s and 70s. japantown was hit with urban renewal, that forced removal of many residents. this made