TreeClimber

As a Committee member on a BOR, what do you do when the kid 'advancing' (shall we say to "Star") happens to be the scoutmaster's kid, and you know very well that the kid did not learn the skills, was rubberstamped on a lot of MB's, lied about his service hours and would not be able pass 'scout spirit' by any reasonable measure? We are talking about rudeness, non-participation,and lack of teamwork in the troop. Pressure is on from the SM....He (SM) is holding up other kids of the same age because he wanted his kid to get there first. I know the biggest problem isn't the boy at this point, it's the SM, but what does the BOR do with the scout?

What do you do with the boys that cause disruption at every meeting? These boys have only one goal: not do anything related to scouts. They are disrespectul to their adult and boy leaders, and try to get out of doing anything that the troop is doing. They won't participate with planning anything they like to do. The older boys are frustrated because these younger new boys have caused so many problems, and nothing is getting done. Since the SM is the dad, the boys get excused from doing any of the work if they are not 'feeling well'. As much as the older boys try to step in to train and help the new scouts, they do not cooperate. The answer we are looking for here is how to get these boys involved, not how to discipline them (well, we might want to do that, too) When asked anything about what they want to do, or how they would handle anything, the answer is always "I dunno". These four boys happen to have their parents in the highest adult troop positions, and the parents believe that the program will be good for their kids. Scoutmaster is a dad of two, ASM is a dad of two and Comm. Chair is married to the ASM. By the way, if these kids were to leave, it is over half the troop, and all of the adult leadership. Small troop, but can we manage to limp along with half the troop trying to undermine the program? The boys are obviously doing this to gain attention.