belladonna

We'll have to agree to disagree. When jr. varsity practices from 3-5 and varsity practices from 6-8 and your troop meets at 7...you have no idea if you'll make varsity as a sophomore. And perhaps that's another reason why council strongly advised that our troop move to 6-month leadership commitments, as most other troops in our area do. Which also provides additional opportunities for boys to step into leadership roles. ETA - based on recent replies, I think it's important for me to say that my posts were never intended to justify or demonstrate merit for the Disputed Circumstances

Schiff and DavidCo...I get what you're saying, but I resent the implication that my boy "didn't care". My son remained involved with the troop, and in fact clarified with the advancement chair if 1) it fulfilled his 6-month requirement (and at the time he was told it did, as he'd already completed 9+ months) and 2) if it was ok to have the APL take over, who was happy to do it. Things come up. Another boy in our troop stepped down from PL because he had an opportunity to travel overseas with his parents for 3 months. Did that demonstrate that he "didn't care?" High school is shor

Thank you all for your kind words and chiming in. Even for the not-so-kind words and assumptions, as I know there are many people who feel that the EBOR Under Disputed Circumstances is a "cheat" or work around for parents to get a kid through. A little context... After the "nuclear option" of disputed circumstances, council recommended that we find an outside Eagle Coach from another troop. The coach we worked with had more than 50 eagles under his belt, and told us there was no reason why my son should have been denied/delayed. Our troop leadership's primary argument was that becau

Hello - My son recently achieved his Eagle Rank after a dustup in his troop resulting in us pursuing an EBOR under Disputed Circumstances. The process worked exactly as it should - council got involved and he achieved his rank. The problem we're facing is planning his Court of Honor. The other 3 scouts in the troop opted for a COH during the troop's regular courts of honor, not a separate thing. My son wants to have a larger event with friends, family, etc. Obviously, there's bad feelings with leadership, us and my son. No letters have been requested for him, nobody picked