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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ODs are trying to balance a number of variables: having most families happy with their next school, [b]having the secondary schools happy with the primary school[/b], and finding a good fit between each student and their secondary school. If too many parents leave feeling that the OD didn't help them (or actually hurt them), that is bad. [b]If too many secondary schools end up dissatisfied with the kids who come from a given primary school, or thinking that the OD is not helpful to them in finding kids who will be successful, that is bad. [/b]If too many kids end up at schools which are poor fits, that is bad.[/quote]

[quote]But isn't this "secretive" and "hidden" in the sense that a school is never going to tell a family, "we're not pushing your kid very hard at the meetings with school X"?  Nor will they tell the family, "the reason we're not pushing is DH is a PITA."  Bear in mind, the school has probably already told the family something like, "we don't think your kid is a good fit for school X," but if the family insists on applying anyway, then it's up to the school to promote the kid, or not.  The thing is, logic does tell you this will happen, but you never know whether it's happening to your kid, which is OP's problem.[/quote]

I see these two descriptions as very different.  The first PP is acknowledging that ODs have other agendas besides just doing exactly what each parent requests.  And most of those other agendas are pretty reasonable and understandable.  The second PP is positing that all other agendas must include a zero-sum game of promoting one child over another, and that there are ugly motives for choosing which child gets promoted.

FWIW, I think the first PP's description is much more accurate in most cases.  I'm sure that somewhere out there there have been ODs who operated more on the ugly model the second PP describes, but I'd bet they're few and far between.  But ultimately, all anyone here has is pure speculation about how it works.  [/quote]

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