The thing about hired guns is I assume they are well paid for the work they do.
Let me clarify
Will he really be a part of the old boy network? absolutely.
Will 10 weeks at a GPS school be a life changing experience? Maybe. And for the following reason.
He might not meet many students at his new school in his brief time, but he will be afforded the opportunity to get the same newsletters, go to the same re-unions and get the same business contacts and subsequent opportunities the other members Old Boy association get. He might not have known the boys, but I'm sure they'll have known him by the time he finishes. If he is, for example, in a position with a 50/50 chance of getting a job or a promotion, being able to claim an X education and those schoolboy contacts as opposed to a Y education may tip the odds in his favour.
I admit that the benefits for him are significantly less than the benefits posed to the school, but I felt like I needed to point out that he's certainly at no disadvantage moving schools, and that there may even be some benefits in the long term.
Cant say I agree with this. For some boys maybe, for the majority who would come into such a school at such a time I personally would question the perceived benefits to the boy. Strong links to old boy 'network' highly unlikely, ever go to a reunion even less so. With respect the school has little interest in his long term future. Wont do an OP, promise of a better education from the school is highly arrogant. How do they know where he was before was not offering just as much in that dept. I may be being cynical about the motives here and be happily surprised that there is an incredible mentoring system laid out for such boys but I will take that under advisement