But it took some doing to get to that point. The first community meetings we had in Mishima-machi were only attended by four local government officials. Mayor Saito was discouraged and suggested that we drop the idea, but we kept at it, and eventually we had ten people coming in. With ten students, we decided to go ahead and open the school.
這就是三島町最早的社區研討會，剛開始只有四個行政人員參加，齋藤村長就說我們放棄吧不要做了，但後來竟漸漸有十個人來了，我們就決定從這十個人開始。