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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My older DD is in Daisies.  We are in NoVA, and it took forever to find a troop with an opening, and she will be aging out of this troop at the end of the year, so we will need to start all over again in the search for a Brownie troop.  From what I understand, this is a common problem, and there's no ability to form a group that lasts beyond 2 years or so, because every time you move up a level, you're on your own to search for a troop, and then it is an entirely new mix of kids.
I did Girl Scouts from K-5th grade as a child, and this was no a problem back then (1980s).  
I'm a money manager, but I can't afford the time commitment to be a good Troop leader.  Fortunately, the 2 ladies who volunteered to lead our troop are excellent.  There's lots of inexperience at the council level that has impacted our troop's ability to get some things done.  Every time we reach out with questions, we're talking to someone who is new to their role and also doesn't really have a clue.  We've been told that lots of the more experienced leadership dropped out during the pandemic.[/quote]

That is extraordinarily unusual.  My daughter has been with the same group of girls for six years now.  I know of no troop in our area who just disbands as girls reach each level.  (Of course troops do occasionally disband, especially as the girls get older)[/quote]

The troop has a mix of K and 1st grade, mostly K.  Troop leaders’ DDs are both K.  So, my 1st grade DD and one other girl will need to find a new troop for Brownies.
Surprised to hear this is unusual, as the coordinators for our area indicated this is a common problem here.[/quote]

Ahhh… got it.  Is your current leader not willing to keep the first graders and just have a multi level troop?  (No judgement if that’s the case - it’s definitely harder!)
If you do need to find a new troop hopefully you find one for her grade that she can stay with for the long term.[/quote]

I'm the PP, and no, they've already said that they have no interest in trying to run a multi-level troop.  I'm hoping she and the other 2 1st graders (there's actually 3 of them out of the 9 kids in the troop) can find a Brownie troop that will take all 3, but I'm not hopeful.  My understanding is that interest in my area is very high, and there just aren't enough open slots in existing troops.[/quote]

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