One of the issues was retention in the force once they completed the program. When I was a CIC instructor I had parents come to me and say, “I'm pulling my kids out of cadets because you're not teaching them anything.”
My answer to them was always that I had two hours to teach them what I needed to teach, but what they needed was to have that same reinforcement when they got home.
Is that part of our problem? Do you have any suggestions?