In June 2010, the Surrey City Council began restoration of the site as part of a plan to preserve the building and convert it into a Community Centre.

Established in 1887, the original one-room schoolhouse stood at Kensington-Mud Bay Road (40th Avenue) and Coast Meridian (168th Street).

[3] On February 14, 2003, MLA Kevin Falcon, responding to the Throne speech, argued that the school should remain open.

Those attending voted unanimously for the following resolution: "That this meeting favours the preservation for community use of at least the historic 1914 building and the gym as well as the playground area of Kensington Prairie School."

[9] In September, 2008, Surrey Council voted to "Approve in principle the adaptive reuse of Kensington Prairie School... as a Community centre operated by the Parks, Recreation and Culture Department; and, further, voted to "Authorize staff to include as part of the 2009 budget, capital and operating funding to allow for the conversion of the School to a Community Centre."