The percentage of Harrisonburg public school students in the English as a Second Language program — already the highest in Virginia — now stands at 41 percent with the start of the new school year. According to school officials, 1,765 of the district’s 4,302 students are in the program. The overall enrollment number is based on attendance taken on Sept. 4, while the ESL numbers were collected late last week, according to Wanda Hamilton, who is director of the district’s ESL programs. Last June, the district had 1,653 ESL students, or 38 percent of the district’s total 4,338 enrollment. That percentage was the highest in the state, officials have said. \

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