"BCITORGB" wrote in message
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Scott has a query about my anecdote:
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And when you say the parents "clearly felt that the ESL numbers
constituted
a debit," is that a presumption you made based on their putting their
gifted
daughter in private school, or did they make quotable statements to
that
effect? I suspect the former, and I question your assumptions.
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You suspect incorrectly: they made public statements regarding their
displeasure with the large number of ESL (English as Second Language)
students in the school.

frtzw906

To be fair, Scott may not realize that "blame it on ESL" is at the core of
our public school apologistics (at least here in Ottawa).