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historic 1914 building and the gym as well as the playground area of
Kensington Prairie School." At this meeting the 'Society to Save the Kensington Prairie Site' was formed with the mission of working towards the goal of the resolution. The Society made a presentation to the Board of School Trustees of School District No. 36 on October 12, 2006. It was announced at a Citizen Advisory Committee meeting on March 8, 2007 that the future of the site was still undecided.
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In 1914, a new school was built on the corner of Brown Road and Coast
Meridian Road, due to the crowding of the original schoolhouse and the frequent flooding of the area. The school, with additions over the years, remained in use until 2006, when its students, and students from Grandview Elementary,
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Council approved the designation of the historic building on the site as a Protected Heritage Site, and announced plans to create a community centre on the site of the school. In November, 2009, it was announced that the Federal Government would give $ 200,000 towards renovation
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Kensington Prairie School site as a community centre led to a community meeting held on May 29, 2006. Those attending voted unanimously for the following resolution: "That this meeting favours the preservation for community use of at least the
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February 25, 2008 The City of Surrey announced that it had acquired the school and its entire three-acre site as part of a land swap with the Surrey School Board. In September, 2008, Surrey Council voted to "Approve in principle the adaptive reuse of Kensington Prairie School... as a Community
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had attended school in the home of Tom
Fallowfield on the northwest corner of Brown Road, now 32nd Avenue, and Coast Meridian Road. From 1887 until 1912, students graduating from Kensington Prairie had to travel to New Westminster to attend high school. That changed when the first secondary school
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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."
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