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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]pP, I am sorry you are having that experience.  The troop leaders may feel overwhelmed with the number they have already.  There are at least three options;
1) ask them to put your daughter on the wait list in case girls drop out or if they have “invite a friend” events.  As girls get older, spots tend to open up.
2) join a troop at another school.  This is totally okay and fairly common.  A big part of GS is making new friends and expanding horizons so this would be a good way for your daughter to help overcome her shyness.
3! Start a new troop yourself.  It is pretty easy and all you need is a couple parents and some interested girls.  Get in contact with your local membership specialist.  
Good luck![/quote]

+1 to this advice. I'd add that the mom posting about her daughter not getting into the troop can also contact the "school organizer" or "coordinator" for GS for their school and ask that person's advice too. In our Service Unit (group for adult leaders in an area), there were designated coordinators for each school-a person (not a school employee, but usually a GS volunteer parent) who oversaw and helped with getting school-based troops going at the start of each year. That person would know things like options for a different troop or could help the PP set up a new one.

And I totally agree with the post above -- it is fine to join a troop not based at your school. In fact, GS is not officially based around school affiliations. It just happens that it's more convenient for parents to have "at school, right after school" meetings, but that is not a formal GS "requirement" and neither is having troops by grade. Again--"third grade troop" etc. is for convenience but isn't a rule. In fact GS encourages mixed-grade troops. There are community troops and troops that have kids from more than one school. Our longtime troop had girls from two to three different schools at various times over the years. So it IS doable and actually good for getting kids to interact with others who are not in their classes and with them all day! [/quote]

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