krb09

I haven't updated because I have no update to give. Our phone calls and a few emails have not been returned. We have thought of just showing up to a meeting, but our apprehension about the unknown and the potential of possible humiliation has kept us from making the meetings. We have had no communication with the troop since the night we were told our son might be asked to leave the troop. We have been looking for another troop in our area, but since we are likely to get a job transfer to another state in a few months, we have not opted to go ahead with the transfer to a local troop since it seems kind of pointless. We are waiting to see what happens, if anything. If we do nothing now, and just wait for the move to find another troop, does the current troop have to notify us if the do actually go ahead and dismiss our son? And, does that mean he is kicked out of the BSA too? A friend told us that getting kicked out of a troop for something fairly minor (like we assume has happened with our son) is separate from being kicked out of the BSA, which usually has to involve something major. Can anyone verify that?

More information: The adults that were present at the time of the injury were addressed by council, and they admitted they were at fault and that their judgment was subpar that day. To my knowledge, there is nothing else pending and we have not/will not pressed/press the issue beyond the troop level. The troop has made several changes, pushed training and then retraining, and they have created safeguards and placed certain protocols in place in the wake of what happened. The changes seem viable and really are an all-around good solution. We know accidents happen. We are all willing to move forward and get past this bump in the road, but the environment, while not hostile, isn't receptive or welcoming either. I think my son has been to two meetings and to one patrol meeting since the injury at the camp out. He also opted out of summer camp this year. He says the other scouts ask him about the ordeal and it makes him uncomfortable since he was asked by the troop not to discuss it with the scouts or parents. Our younger son is excited about crossing over to this troop at the end of 5th grade this school year, so we are at a major crossroads. By the way, a friend of my son, who is also in the troop, says he heard my son didn't really do anything wrong and that they just want him out of the troop because they are embarrassed or think something else bad might happen and then the troop will be "back under a microscope". Again, that's just information from a kid, but his dad is an ASM.

Recently (last night), we were told that our son might be dismissed from the troop for misbehavior. This is the first we have heard of any type of misbehavior since our son joined the troop in March. We have not been told what misbehavior it is/was that they are referencing (because a committee has to meet with us?). Our son, like any other 13 year old boy would state, says he has no idea what misbehavior they are referencing either. Someone please help us understand the BSA policy or a Scout's dismissal from a troop. Also, we expressed a desire to just move to another troop. We were told the new troop has to agree to accept my son, and that my son's "history" will be shared with the new troop. It wasn't expressly stated, but the ASM seemed to be alluding to the fact that my son can't just expect to move on to a new troop, that he must be 'accepted' into the new troop instead. Is any of this true? We find it awfully coincidental that all of this comes after the maelstrom of the troop being found negligent in an injury my son sustained while in their care on a campout last month.