Our Story
As a father of two and a KLA Schools owner for over 10 years, I know firsthand how much the right preschool matters. My wife Carolina and I don't just run these schools — we live the KLA approach with our own family every day.
It all started here in 2015, when I founded KLA Schools of West Kendall — our very first school, and still the heart of everything we do. Over the past decade, I've had the privilege of watching hundreds of West Kendall children grow through our program: learning to ask questions, work together, and genuinely fall in love with school. Many of our earliest students have gone on to thrive in top elementary schools across Miami-Dade County, and families who enrolled their first child with us keep coming back with their second and third.
Ten years in, West Kendall isn't just where this journey began — it's the community that shaped how we run every school we've opened since. The teachers, the families, and the children here set the standard, and that standard travels with us wherever we go.
In 2023, Carolina and I began a new chapter: bringing the KLA approach to Northeast Florida. We opened KLA Schools of Beachwalk in St. Augustine in January 2026, and in 2026 we're bringing the same Reggio Emilia-inspired approach to Oakleaf Plantation in the Orange Park area. But our roots are here. West Kendall is where our family first fell in love with KLA — and it's where we're most proud to welcome yours.
- Jose Franco, Owner of KLA Schools of West Kendall, Beachwalk, and Oakleaf
*KLA Schools of West Kendall is an independently owned business operating under a franchise agreement with KLA Franchise, LLC
