YOU SAID:
I am a girl who goes to school
INTO JAPANESE
私は学校に通う女の子
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was a little girl who goes to school
INTO JAPANESE
私は学校に通う小さな女の子だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was a little girl who attends school
INTO JAPANESE
私は学校に通う小さな女の子だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was a little girl who attends school
That didn't even make that much sense in English.