Re: age or grade requirements-AOL
hilding holroyd (blustone!pennies!hilding@UUNET.UU.NET)
Tue, 17 Jan 1995 09:13:59 EST
re: boy who is in the 4th grade and 10 years old earning the
Arrow of Light ...
>
> Hi All!
>
> Our feelings are that he should continue through his 5th grade year
> (we were under the assumption that Webelos is a 2-year program and
> that AOL should be earned during the 2nd year). If she wants him to
> move into Boy Scouts we told her to contact the troops and see when
> they wanted to accept new boys.
>
> To be honest, this boy is a nice kid (despite his mom) but really
> doesn't have the maturity to move up. Unfortunately, there is no
> father in the picture so we can't get an ally from that angle. I'm
> going to call our district office tomorrow and get their input, but I
> really want to know if anyone out there has had a similar experience.
> We really would prefer to enforce the grade-level advancement over
> the age-level advancement. We really don't know how he would get the
> rest of the AOL requirements completed anyway. His den has not done
> any camping or activities with the Boy Scout troops.
Nancy,
Whether to have a special AofL ceremony for the boy could very well
be a moot point. I would tell the mom that the pack will "consider"
an award ceremony but the boy must complete all requirements to the
satisfaction of the den leader and committee. I would then monitor
the advancement to ensure that the work is actually done and not
just signed off by the mom. (not to be insulting, but it does happen!)
>
> Can she force us to award him the AOL in August or September as
> opposed to giving it to him along with the rest of the boys who will
> advance in February? Help!?
The lady can not FORCE the pack to do anything. She can make your life
miserable, but the committee should stand together as a united front
and decide what is best for the pack as a whole.
>
> Nancy Smith
> Chair
> Pack 39
> Carthage, Illinois
>
Just my opinions, of course.
Hilding W. Holroyd Advancement Chairman, Tr 250
Lakewood, NJ Jersey Shore Council
Eagle Class '68 Japeechen Lodge (Brotherhood)
"I used to be a FOX!", NE-IV-54
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