The ''Colegio Franco Español'' (CFE, "French-Spanish School") is a private school in the San Lorenzo Huipulco ''colonia'' in

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). ''Colegio Franco Español''. Retrieved on May 26, 2014. "PREESCOLAR - PRIMARIA Calzada México-Xochimilco 122 Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco C.P. 14370" and "SECUNDARIA - PREPARATORIA Calzada México-Xochimilco 88 Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco C.P. 14370" It covers preschool through high school (preparatoria) levels.

History

The school opened on January 16, 1936. It was originally located at 99

Paseo de la Reforma Paseo de la Reforma (translated as "Promenade of the Reform") is a wide avenue that runs diagonally across the heart of Mexico City. It was designed at the behest of Emperor Maximilian by Ferdinand von Rosenzweig during the era of the Second ...

in the Colonia Juárez of the

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delegation. It was created by a group of professionals, including French national R.J. Capdeville and Spanish national Antonio Gutiérrez L.Historia

, ''Colegio Franco Español''. Retrieved on May 26, 2014. "La experiencia docente de los profesores R.J. Capdeville (de nacionalidad francesa) y Antonio Gutiérrez L. (español), se sumó a la de otros profesionales para crear esta institución. La primera sede del Colegio se ubicó en una de las avenidas más importantes de la Ciudad de México, Paseo de la Reforma, justo en el número 99, teniendo también acceso por la calle de París, en la colonia Juárez." Construction of new facilities on the former

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at 1967 Av. Insurgentes began in 1938. On February 12, 1941, the school received its incorporation by the

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(UNAM). The Av. Insurgentes campus began holding classes during the 1942-1943

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. The school became boys-only in the late fifties, and it moved to Av. Miguel Ángel de Quevedo y Cerro del Hombre, in the Romero de Terreros ''colonia'' in

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. The school became coeducational again in 1977. In 1988 it moved to its current location at 88 Calzada México Xochimilco.

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