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Colegio Alexander Bain is a private school system in Mexico.^[1] Its junior-senior high school program is Bachillerato Alexander Bain, S.C., located in Tlacopac [es], San Ángel, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City.^[2] It also operates the Colegio Alexander Bain, a preschool and primary school in Tlacopac; Instituto Alexander Bain (IAB) in Pedregal de San Ángel in Álvaro Obregón, serving preschool and primary school; and the Alexander Bain Irapuato (ABI) school in Irapuato, Guanajuato, serving preschool through junior high school (secundaria).^[1]

There is also the Escuela Alexander Bain in Álvaro Obregón;^[3] it was affiliated with the other Bain schools until circa 2006. It is adjacent to the Colegio Alexander Bain.^[4]

The system was named after a Scotsman, Alexander Bain.^[5]

As of 2016^[update] Sergio Rivero Beneitez, the son of the founder of the bachillerato, María Luisa Beneitez Brown, is the director of that school.^[4]

History

The first school, Escuela Alexander Brown, opened in 1956. In 1964 it moved to its current location.^[4]

María Luisa Beneitez Brown opened the bachillerato in 1972,^[4] and it began using the UNAM educational program that year.^[6]

Instituto Alexander Bain opened in 1975. Mrs. Ofelia Arriaga de Nájera was the first director.^[7] She is the sister of the school's founder.^[4]

On May 8, 1990, the bachillerato began using the International Baccalaureate Diploma program, and on December 20, 2000, it began using the Middle Years Program.^[2]

As of 1995^[update] the bachillerato campus had 16 teachers.^[6] That year the colegio opened.^[4]

Around 2006 the children of the founders took control of the schools and began a legal conflict. The owner of the Escuela Alexander Bains filed a lawsuit to keep the name.^[4]

The Irapuato campus opened in 2006.^[4]

In 2016 an issue between the building and the owners of Colegio Alexander Bain (Barranca de Pilares) caused it to temporarily close.^[4] The school was evicted from the premises due to the longstanding legal conflict.^[8]

Campus

As of 1995 its bachillerato campus in Mexico City has a library, one computer lab, one projection room, a soccer (football) field, a basketball field, eight volleyball fields, an auditorium, six wings, and two workshops.^[6]

Bachillerato:

Silvia Vargas, daughter of Mexican federal government official Neson Vargas - At age 18 she was kidnapped on the way to school and later murdered^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Planteles." Colegio Alexander Bain. Retrieved on September 24, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Bachillerato Alexander Bain, S.C.." International Baccalaureate Organisation. Retrieved on September 24, 2016. "Las Flores 497 Álvaro Obregón San Ángel Tlacopac México D.F. 01049 MEXICO "
^ "Contacto Archived 2016-09-25 at the Wayback Machine." Escuela Alexander Bain. Retrieved on September 24, 2016. "Hortensia No. 6, Col. Florida Entre Tecoyotitla y Camelia"
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Cobos, Adriana; Domínguez, Alejandro (2016-07-06). "Pleito entre dueños deja sin escuela a niños del Alexander Bain (philosopher)". Milenio. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
^ "¿Quién fue Alexander Bain? Archived 2016-09-27 at the Wayback Machine" Escuela Alexander Bain. Retrieved on September 24, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Catalogo de Instituciones con Estudios Incorporados a la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. UNAM, 1995. p. 204. "2159 Bach Alexander Bain, S.C. Ubicacion: Las Flores #497 Tlacopal, San Angel Delegacion Villa Alvaro Obregon Mexico, D.F. 01040[...]Esta Institución tiene incorporado sus estudios a la UNAM, desde 1972.[...]Su planta docente es de 16 profesores,[...]El plantel cuenta con la siguiente instalación:[...]""
^ "Somos Alexander." Instituto Alexander Bain. Retrieved on September 24, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Dueños de predio desalojan el Colegio Alexander Bain (philosopher)". La Crónica de Hoy. 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-09-24.