Good morning Troop 210 parents & leaders:
 
This is an early reminder that the next Parents' Meeting will be held on  
February 19, Tuesday.  We will be discussing various  issues, however one is of 
utmost importance.  I would like to bring it to  your attention now and we will 
discuss it in more detail at the meeting.
 
I have had various leaders/parents come to me with the same problem: a lack  
of respect by scouts towards leaders.  As leaders, we strive to make the  
meetings as instructive and exciting as possible (of course, this depends on  what 
the scouts have planned for the month).  Most of us have the spent the  day 
at work or school and patience levels are perhaps low.  The scouts  themselves 
are restless after spending the day in a classroom.  However,  this is not an 
excuse to misbehave, show disrespect, etc.  It is very  disconcerting and 
frustrating as a leader to be trying to instruct the boys when  very few are 
paying attention.
 
Troop meetings are the equivalent to the classroom and leaders are  
equivalent to the teacher in terms of behavior.  We ask that you come on  time, but if 
you are running late, please keep your voices down.  There is  no need to 
disrupt the meeting.  All scouts need to understand that if they  continue to show 
disrespect that they will be asked to leave the meeting and we  will need to 
meet with their parent(s).
 
Before Tuesday's meeting, please sit down with your son and explain to him  
the need for respect and appreciation for the adult leaders.  We are here  for 
the scouts, no one else.  Many of us could have chosen to be  elsewhere.
 
Thank you for your support & we'll see you on Tuesday!
 
YIS,
Tim Miller, et al.
T. 210



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