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Thanks to all of you who did reply to my post. A lot of good thoughts and things for us to consider as we move forward.
A few things I left out of the initial post:
-the boy turns 18 this coming weekend.
-the boy met with the SM last week and expressed remorse.
-the boy has sworn that he did do the requirements (his older brother, who is an Eagle, also called the SM from college and stated they did the requirements together).
-he started the work with a counselor from his old troop (we are a start-up troop, 3 years old). This begs the question that I want to ask him "why didn't you meet with your counselor to finish the badge the proper way"?
Again, many thanks for the help. I've been a scouter for many years, chaired my old troop advancement committee, and served on my District Advancement Committee. Never ran into this situation before.
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I am a C.O.R. for a Troop that has a problem. It was discovered that a Life Scout "forged" the signature of a merit badge counselor for his Personal Fitness merit badge. The boy has admitted it and has now found a counselor who will sign the badge off for him. It is obvious that the boy does not have his heart in the program and is being pushed by mom & dad. I'd like some opinions on whether the troop committee has a valid reason for denying Eagle.
P.S. - his attendance at troop meetings and campouts the past 2 years has been WEAK as well.
Reason for Denying Eagle
in Advancement Resources
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Many thanks, again, to my fellow scouters out there. It's great to have a forum like this to seek out sage wisdom from others. When you are close to the situation, you can become jaded a bit. Always good to get feedback from folks not close to the situation.
As an "f.y.i.", the SM, Advancement Chair, and I have conferenced on this. I like the idea of us meeting with the boy as a group, and it will be documented. Also a great suggestion to request all the logs from the work he did. One would hope that he did present these to the "new" counselor.
YIS,
WES