Larger numbers of Japanese Canadian children, sons and daughters of immigrant parents, began attending the school in the mid-1980s.

[6] Some Japan-born parents feared that the admission of non-Japanese nationals would cause the school to water down its curriculum and complicate their own children's entry into prestigious Japanese universities.

As fewer Japanese nationals attended, the Hoshuko School increasingly began to accommodate the Canadian students.

Mary H. Maguire of McGill University stated that the school became a Japanese community gathering center, a "place of relaxation," and more open to cultural and ethnic diversity.

Compared to the businessperson families, the academics have placed more focus on studies at the local schools and learning about other cultures.