BMonkey

I understand that 5th graders will be able to earn the AOL without Webelos, but I would think the 4th graders who have earned most of AOL the old way would want to finish up with the old system (as would their leaders). Then new 5th graders would be a different group doing the "AOL lite" program. I guess it would be possible to put new 5th graders into the troop, but that's basically changing the starting age for Boy Scouts. Not sure I agree with that. Part of the reward of AOL (which currently is pretty tough to complete in 6 months) was that you earned the right to start Boy Scouts early.

We do crossover in March, and never have problems with downtime. In fact, I am finding it pretty tough to get through all 20 activity pins and do proper preparation for Boy Scouts in that timeframe (1.7 years). Of course I'm in a direct service unit with no summer camp, so maybe that's not the case for everyone.

It's May now. I've been scouring the web and can't find any new information since the beginning of the year. I have the same questions as Adam above. I know there's still a year left, but I will have to transition to a new leadership team soon, and I don't want them starting with things up in the air. From what I gathered, everything will be published next Spring. Next SPRING???? My issues:

1. How to work this many den meetings into the year. I will have had 18 den meetings this year and that was using every available weekend in the school year not occupied by a pack meeting, derby, or holiday weekend. Sounds like that won't be good enough. Even us over achievers need a day off now and then.

2. How Webelos IIs will be transitioned. Sounds reasonable that the existing scouts moving into 5th grade could just finish with the old system, but does that mean I will need 2 Web II dens on different systems if I get new 5th graders?