Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge Requirement - June 26 Board of Commissioners Meeting - 7:00 PM

Good Morning Troop 435!

Most of the scouts in our troop require the Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge.  One of the requirements needed by nearly every Scout at this point is to attend a city or town council or school board meeting, or a municipal, county, or state court session.  For many scouts, this is the only requirement they have left to complete.

We will be having a fieldtrip to the next Cobb County Board of Commissioners evening session in Tuesday, June 26th at 7:00 PM to complete this requirement.  Please take advantage of this opportunity if you can. We don't do this very often.

The scouts will be required to bring pen and paper, preferably their Citizenship in the Community Workbook (attached in case they haven't started yet)  and take notes to address the following requirement:

 

3. Do the following:

(a) Attend a city or town council or school board meeting, or a municipal, county, or state court session.

(b) Choose one of the issues discussed at the meeting where a difference of opinions was expressed,

Issue:

  

Opinion 1:

   

Opinion 2:

  

Explain to your counselor why you agree with one opinion more than you do another one.

This trip should be of interest to the adults as well.  We will need approximately one adult for every 3 or 4 boys, so we are encouraging adult attendance. 

Please respond if your son and/or you are interested in attending so we can properly prepare.

More information will be provided as we get a feel for attendance numbers.  We are considering arranging a meeting with one of the Commissioners if there is enough interest and the Commisioner is available.  If such a meeting can be arranged, we will be completing another requirement (Item 4) of the Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge.

Please feel free to contact me with questions.

Kind Regards,

Lee