Advancing into Boy Scouts

[Lisabob 13]

No, the situation is different. Why make the leader and scout 'repeat' Tigers? (noting that he only just started showing up to Tiger meetings in uniform, as a kindergartner, recently - according to the original poster) Well because the boy in that other thread evidently does not meet the requirements for being a Wolf, unless he is either 7 or in 2nd grade this fall. Being neither, he wouldn't be a Wolf. He doesn't have to repeat, of course. He could wait a year, and then join for the first time as a Wolf.

 

In contrast: A boy who repeats 1st grade could be a tiger (1st grade) again, or a wolf, based on age. A boy who skipped 1st grade could become a Wolf (2nd grader) or a Tiger (age). That's a decision the pack leaders and parents should make together, with the best interest of the boy in mind. Not simply the most convenient interest of the parent.

 

Nor should having "messed up" (not that I'm sure that was even the case in the other thread) once, open the doors for all comers to just do what they please. That could lead to some real havoc in the dens. There's flexibility, yes, but let's not get carried away. There are also boundaries in terms of age/grade requirements.

 

But please, basement - this is hardly something to argue about.

[ScoutNut 147]

>>"The Pack leaders screwed up and let the boy join too young or let him advance too fast to stay with the correct grade rank correlation."

[bearabledust 10]

By reading this: "Boy Scouting, one of the traditional membership divisions of the BSA, is available to boys who have earned the Arrow of Light Award and are at least 10 years old or have completed the fifth grade and are at least 10, or who are 11, but not yet 18 years old." : a boy that is held back to repeat a grade, could become a Boy Scout in 5th grade. Correct? We will be dealing with this scenario with another boy in the not so distant future.

[FScouter 24]

The answer is in what you quoted.

If the boy is 11 it doesn't matter what grade he is in or what grade he's completed, or how many times he's repeated (or skipped) grades.

[Lisabob 13]

Yes. We have a boy in my son's current troop who did this. He repeated 3rd grade, but stayed with his den (rather than being a bear twice). So he was a boy scout in March of his 4th grade year. Worked out fine for him.