Colegio Alexander Bain is a private school system in

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. Retrieved on September 24, 2016. "Las Flores 497 Álvaro Obregón San Ángel Tlacopac México D.F. 01049 MEXICO " It also operates the Colegio Alexander Bain, a preschool and primary school in Tlacopac; Instituto Alexander Bain (IAB) in

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in Álvaro Obregón, serving preschool and primary school; and the Alexander Bain Irapuato (ABI) school in

Irapuato Irapuato is a Mexican city (and municipality) located at the foot of the Arandas Hill (in Spanish: ''Cerro de Arandas''), in the central region of the state of Guanajuato. It lies between the Silao River and the Guanajuato River, a tributary of ...

, Guanajuato, serving preschool through junior high school (secundaria). There is also the Escuela Alexander Bain in Álvaro Obregón; it was affiliated with the other Bain schools until circa 2006. It is adjacent to the Colegio Alexander Bain. The system was named after a Scotsman, Alexander Bain. Sergio Rivero Beneitez, the son of the founder of the bachillerato, María Luisa Beneitez Brown, is the director of that school.

History

The first school, Escuela Alexander Brown, opened in 1956. In 1964 it moved to its current location. María Luisa Beneitez Brown opened the bachillerato in 1972, and it began using the

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educational program that year.''Catalogo de Instituciones con Estudios Incorporados a la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico''.

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Diploma program, and on December 20, 2000, it began using the Middle Years Program. the ''bachillerato'' campus had 16 teachers. That year the ''colegio'' opened. 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. The Irapuato campus opened in 2006. In 2016 an issue between the building and the owners of Colegio Alexander Bain (Barranca de Pilares) caused it to temporarily close. The school was evicted from the premises due to the longstanding legal conflict.

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. 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

References

External links

Colegio Alexander Bain

Bachillerato Alexander Bain, S.C.

Instituto Alexander Bain

Escuela Alexander Bain

Alexander Bain Irapuato
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