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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Update:  Suzie’s dad emailed that they were working on summer custody schedule and didn’t know if it would work yet but he would be happy to chaperone if so.  I told him that we can’t facilitate male chaperones on this trip and that I was facing a deadline and it sounds like Suzie can’t be part of this.  I mean, it’s clearly not a priority for them and it’s only 4 months away....how can they still have no idea what their custody schedule looks????[/quote]

Wow, I feel bad for Suzy, for so many reasons.   Sounds like every expects the worst from the poor girl, haven't heard anything positive about her, just that she's been encouraged to participate with multiple emails and requests, and then when she does, everyone is upset by it.

It feels like OP is a bit of a drama queen who wants to be able to say.. I did all I could for her, tried so hard, but she was just such a mess.  Each update includes more "transgressions" and reasons OP would like to remove Suzy from the troop, but instead of making a policy and sticking to it-- bit it for RSVPing to events, cookie sales, or drinking as a chaperone, OP likes to say "And you won't believe what else... ", "what am I to do?"

Guess it's a good thing Suzy isn't vegetarian and wanting to attend the trip.[/quote]

Dad is trying to step up as OP doesn't want mom around and she's not letting him participate either.[/quote]

Dad "stepped up" too late. This isn't about OP shutting out a dad because he's a dad. OP gave many (far too many) chances and notices to this family -- yes, the family, as its mom's job to communicate with dad, not OP's, if mom is the designated contact for the GS troop. OP said in the very first post: The group must reserve specific activities by specific deadlines. I think OP gave too many second chances too close to those reservation deadlines -- OP wants to give Suzie a chance despite all the issues Suzie and mom bring with them, so it's incorrect to say OP wants to exclude Suzie no matter what. Most of the leaders commenting here (including me) would have shut the door on Suzie and mom quite a while back based entirely on the total lack of response to communications about the trip details and reservations.  [/quote]

Our troop doesn't usually have dad chaperones for overnights because there are additional rules about mixed gender sleeping arrangements.  We are fortunate that it has never been an issue for our troop to have a kid who only had a dad willing to chaperone but I guess if we did we'd have to look more carefully about these rules and see if we could accommodate it.  I know of at least one dad-led GS troop in our council so it's obviously possible, just not something we've had to worry about looking into further.[/quote]

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