Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Boy Scout Leaders Question District Policy

ARMAGH - United School District policy is preventing the Boy Scouts of America from boosting its ranks locally, according to a group of Scout leaders.

At Tuesday's school board meeting, the Scout leaders objected to the district not allowing the group to recruit students during school hours or during open house events after school. They said membership has fallen in the three Cub Scout packs and three Boy Scout troops that serve the district.

``If we let you come, we have to let just about everybody else come through,'' said Superintendent Dr. Kathy Myers Wunder.

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