A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:

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.

Well, thanks for at least clearing up the acronym issue.

Can you point me to any such published or verifiable remarks?

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