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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I don't think most of us are familiar with multi-grade troops. Typically the girls form a group based upon their grade level - our school has a Kindergarten Daisy troop and a 1st grade Daisy troop, for example. [/quote]

Multi-grade troops are more common in upper grades or in more rural areas.  In most of the DC suburbs we have more than enough girls in one grade at a school to form a troop.  Our school usually has two troops per grade level.[/quote]

I lead a multilevel troop in the middle of DC and have found a lot more multi-level troops than what I was used to back in the 90s. It is a lot more work on the leaders, so please do not propose making a troop multilevel unless you are willing to fully colead your girl’s level. When we’ve been asked if we can expand a level, we say sure if you’re willing to recruit enough girls and lead that level. Nobody’s taken us up on that offer so far…[/quote]

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