Colegio Alexander Bain

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 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 in December 20, 2000 it began using the Middle Years Program.[2]

As of 1995 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
  1. "Planteles." Colegio Alexander Bain. Retrieved on September 24, 2016.
  2. "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 "
  3. "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"
  4. Cobos, Adriana; Domínguez, Alejandro (2016-07-06). "Pleito entre dueños deja sin escuela a niños del Alexander Bain". Milenio. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  5. "¿Quién fue Alexander Bain? Archived 2016-09-27 at the Wayback Machine" Escuela Alexander Bain. Retrieved on September 24, 2016.
  6. 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:[...]""
  7. "Somos Alexander." Instituto Alexander Bain. Retrieved on September 24, 2016.
  8. "Dueños de predio desalojan el Colegio Alexander Bain". La Crónica de Hoy. 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-09-24.

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