I am beginning to see the difficulty inherent in collecting too much information in one place... without investing themselves in research some may wish to see a "menu" of options and rather than utilize the information for brainstorming what might be the best fit for their child, they may proceed to attempt to order everything from the menu!

There is often a delicate balance between ability to optimally serve an individual student and optimally serve the student body as a whole. Reasonable compromise on both sides may not occur.

As an analogy or metaphor I offer this article from a Starbucks blog dated Feb 15, 2012 discussing the price and value of a free drink at Starbucks. A customer wanted to maximize what he could receive for free (link-
http://starbucksgossip.typepad.com/_/2012/02/does-the-most-expensive-starbucks-drink-cost-2360.html)

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... $23.60 drink consisted of:
"one Java Chip Frappuccino in a Trenta cup,
16 shots of espresso,
a shot of soy milk,
caramel flavoring,
banana puree,
strawberry puree,
vanilla beans,
Matcha powder,
protein powder,
and a drizzle of caramel and mocha."
He said it tasted "tolerable but not good."