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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry this happened to you, but were there behavior problems?  That's the only thing that explains it. The adults and maybe even the other kids were just done and lied to make sure you didn't cross over with them? Learning disabilities really don't matter in scouts. [/quote]

Learning disabilities do matter to some troops. Some troops are really big on having so many Eagle Scouts and kids like mine with ASD and ADD are not likely to make it to eagle. [/quote]

Then that is not a Troop that you would want to look at. DS is bridging and we talked about the Troops we visited. He removed one because the Scouts were too focused on advancement and he wanted a Troop that supported getting to Eagle but where it was not the only drive.

And I am going to agree with the person who said that learning issues don't necessarily mean you can't get to Eagle. Several friends have kids with IEPs in Scouts who have already completed the merit badges needed for Eagle and are starting to work on their Eagle Project.

I am not going to speculate on what happened in the OPs Den or with this particular Troop but there is more to the story then we are hearing. I don't doubt that the kids were excluded and I don't doubt that it hurts badly. This is more then the Den Leader. The Scouts in my sons Den have been discussing what Troops they like and were they are looking amongst themselves. I fully expect that they will end up in 2-3 Troops but everyone will go with a friend. If the kids did not know that the other kids were planning on this other Troop and only found out at bridging, then the entire group made a decision not to share information. Which sucks but points to missing pieces of the puzzle. [/quote]

What do you think these missing pieces are? [/quote]

You don’t think that it is strange that every other Parent of a kid in the Den was able to communicate with one another and know to apply when the two other kids parents did not? You don’t have that type of coordinated exclusion by chance. Not to mention none of the other kids mentioning that they were joining Troop X to the two kids that were excluded. The OP makes it sound like the kids in the Den were friends or at least friendly and was surprised that this happened when that does not appear to be the case. [/quote]
DP. You don’t think it’s strange that this troop happened to end up as one of the whitest, NT-only troops? You don’t have that kind of coordinated exclusion by chance. [/quote]

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