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 , 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]
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]
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]
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