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    • SSScout
      Is the real patrol method dead?

      By SSScout · Posted

      Patrols?  Neighborhood "gangs", in the good connotation.  Family hierarchy: Big Brothers/Sisters exampling/teaching/modeling to younger bro's, sis's.    Committee(s) of the whole to accomplish SOMETHING....  a trip to see a museum/hike a trail/go see a movie/earn a Merit Badge together/attend a CAMPOREE/serve for your CO, just the Patrol....   Patrol Dad, Mom,  Waaay back when, our phone tree, (remember them?  )  often garnered a bunch of "friends" meeting to see that movie,  visit that museum...  just because we were friends, not ONLY Scouts. But the Scout imprimatur was there.  Our folks knew where we went, what we did, saw.  Somewhere along the way,  when Scouting became less cool, and the parents decided they (THEY ) couldn't trust us, didn't trust the rest of society (let a 12 year old walk to the store by themselves??),  and because the BSA fell down HARD on protecting the Scouts from the unacknowledged predators out there, in here,,, We needed two deep Registered Scout Trained Adults on any Scout activity.  Protecting not only the younguns' but the adultuns' too,,,, Can a bunch of friends go for  a hike, go to a ball game (if they have the bucks!😉), without calling it a "SCOUT ACTIVITY" ?  If they tell their parents, and the parents say "have fun, be home by 8 !" , well ... ?  What is a "PATROL" today?  
    • Eagle94-A1
      Is the real patrol method dead?

      By Eagle94-A1 · Posted

      Since September/October 2018, ALL (major emphasis) Scouting activities, including patrol day activities, requires 2 registered adults over 21. They tried to make it go into effect in March, but a lot of units with summer camp and HA plans with only 1 adult over 21 and 1 adult over 18 pushed back on it. One of the few times National listened to their volunteers. But I bet all those units wanting refunds was why.
    • Tron
      Is the real patrol method dead?

      By Tron · Posted

      Absolutely true. 
    • fred8033
      Is the real patrol method dead?

      By fred8033 · Posted

      Be careful.  We had a SPL pushed by his dad to emphasize mixed patrols and the need to reorganize all the patrols because that's how the dad experienced it when he was a scout.  The reorganization caused issues with our more senior scouts that were there to be with their friends ... and especially those that owned the identity of their patrol.  A few dropped.  More just hung with their original patrol mates as those were their friends and who shared their scouting time.   That damaged the new patrols.   It took a few years to absorb the patrol change as those older scouts had to age out.  If I had to do it over, I'd roll the change in slowly over a few years as new scouts join.  Ask for volunteer older scouts who are interested in helping for the new mixed age patrols.  Ask the existing patrols to see who is interested in accepting younger new scouts.  ... Let the scouts organize themselves.  ... If some scouts want to keep their existing patrols, let them keep their patrols.  ... I feel strongly about this as patrols belong to the scouts in those patrols and NOT the troop, NOT the SPL and NOT the adults.   Also recognize that the next leader a few years from now may have a different opinion and want to change it again ... such as myself.  IMHO, focus on the adventure and getting the scouts outside.  The learning and adventure will come from that.   I don't know your troop's situation, but be sensitive to the scouts in the troop as it can 
    • Eagledad
      Is the real patrol method dead?

      By Eagledad · Posted

      Well, this is very cool. Our experience with similar situations is that leadership will struggle for a bit until they get their feet under them, which is OK because we humans learn better in our struggles. But, you might team up with your Eagle and monitor the patrols to see if an ad-hoc training session might help in an area where the patrols are struggling. I found that a 15 minute training moment at the PLC meeting can often be an AH HA moment for PLs.  After reading your post, I smiled at the memories, and I remember why I love this scouting stuff. Barry

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