OK great you were trying convey your feelings about genocide and the Nazi's and how they brainwashed the children to turn on their parents. Thanks for clearing that up for me Mr. McGroarty.

He should've stopped after the first two paragraph's. This was more of a non-apology. Sometimes less is more Colin. You blew it.

He's also posted his ex-wifes full name and his social security number. This guy is unhinged and needs some serious help.

Correction. He deleted that post. First smart thing he's done.

Ok let's move on. Drop it.

It helps when your B-I-L works for the policing agency investigating the incident AND you're the Godfather to his oldest son.

Anyone else writing what Mr. McGroarty did in that email would've been, at the very least taken to the Kane County Sheriff's Dept. and questioned about the verbiage he chose to include, particularly that he's "...'spilled blood before' and would do so again to defend freedom..." - that statement was included to intimidate the reader and put the district On Notice. So was the talk about Nazi's and Hitler.

Clearly, special treatment was used when dealing with Mr. McGroarty.

this man is a master at manipulating rhetoric. his apology is inauthentic, a disguise in an attempt to rationalize his unacceptable behavior. his strategy is aimed at getting back into the school and back to his children. he isn't intelligent enough to anticipate his actions would result in his expulsion from this planet and now he doesn't know what to do. he can give a rats ass about anyone or anything else. he is a liar and a danger to all. he sits around all day thinking of ways to promote his agenda and his vehicle of choice is social media and electronic communication. this man is SICK and needs to be restrained before hurting someone. by his own admission he has charmed his way out of many TROs but this is different, this time he will lose and that is when its time to lock him up or begin to duck.

a sincere apology would read. i messed up badly. i used threatening words and spoke of things like nazi and fascism, things that 5 year olds should never be subjected to. i also instructed 5 year olds to disobey school rules. as a result of my poor judgement and inappropriate behavior i deserve to be banned from the school and from my own children. i am a poor excuse for a parent and i promise to seek professional help. since my divorce, i have hit rock bottom in my life and it has turned me into an angry individual. i truly have no excuse for my actions and understand i will never be trusted in the presence of children again. i deserve and accept that. i bid everyone adieu and promise not come close to school property or anyone's children again. yours truly BAD PARENT

Those conservative bullies...

And yet the police are still present at Mill Creek Elementary when we drop off our children. Continued presence of law enforcement clearly indicates neither the school or police are taking his apology seriously.

I am sure we have all said & done things we wish we hadn't. Thank GOD they aren't all up on a 'blog' for others to judge. Mr. McGroarty told the class to ask their parents about Nazi's - he didn't explain the genocide to them. He said don't say you'll obey the rules until you know the rules. O.K. This man served his - OUR - country - He defended our flag! How many of you would go forth and put yourself in harms way for our country? He saw the pledge being changed and questioned it. He lost his cool in a very dramatic and passionate way. I for one think the way the school has incorporated the creed into the pledge is wrong. Why are the children not finishing the pledge, taking their hands off their heart, turning from the flag, TAKING A BREATH, then reciting the creed? I don't know which is more disturbing, what Mr, McGroarty said or the hatred and slander that is being spewed here. Has anyone answered why the principal wouldn't speak to this man about his concern? If he had shown this 'temper' before he certainly shouldn't have been at the school in the first place, but that hasn't been said either. Was the behavior so bad the principal was afraid? Right now his life is an open book. His beliefs are front page news. How many of you can examine your own lives and be truly comfortable with what others might be saying of you, if all you've done made front page news? God forgive you all.

He has continued to leave his Facebook public; he knows people are looking at it - what is a public Facebook for, after all! - He WANTS the public to come away from it knowing who he REALLY is and what he REALLY STANDS for. He is ENJOYING all of this attention. He is angling for an interview on Fox or on hate-radio.

His life and his viewpoints are front page news because he allows it to be.

You say that he said "...don't say you'll obey the rules until you know the rules." OK. Let's take a look at the rational behind THAT. Just so we're clear about that.

Memorization of The Pledge of Allegiance is GOOD; in fact, didn't Mr. Groarty claim initially that it was said incorrectly, that the word "liberty" was left out?

- but -

Memorization of the school creed is BAD, supposedly because they don't know "the rules."

Gotcha. Think a bunch of FIVE YEAR OLDS know what the Pledge of Allegiance means?

NO, of course not - but you and Mr. McGroarty would gladly have all the little children learn THAT via rote memorization... and without questioning it whatsoever.

And what if they were to question the Pledge? "Why do we have to say that? What does it MEAN?" Oh, Lord help us - you'd say the schools were training little socialists.

Can't have it both ways.

Interesting if the school/Principal did deny his request to speak to them about it. I'm not saying it's true or not...because we'll probably never know the full story..but still interesting! Also, there are other towns that still have a police presence @ schools since Sandy Hook.

Folks, google delusions of grandeur and narcissism. A nightmare combination of disorders but perfectly describes him. This is not man grounded in reality

Agree English. Delusional and Narcisistic fits him exactly.

1. For the record, the principle did not refuse to talk to him.
2 He did not contribute to the heightened sense of fear. He CREATED the heightened sense of fear.
3. The Pledge was NOT changed.
4. Was not aware the gentleman in question was officially designated as the arbiter of the proper amount of time required to be left between the two creeds. Has he ever been to a sporting event? Didn't notice any new stories about him asking the Cubs to add a minute of silence between the NATIONAL ANTHEM and the yelling of play ball.

I continue to hope that this man is being watched by the authorities. scroll through current and past posts on his FB page to see how off the rails he is. He continues to leave it public, is fully aware that people are looking, and he is loving the attention. It does appear he has cleaned up and slowed the stream of radical rants he makes on a daily basis; surely, an attempt to clean up "image." However, he stiil shows how far off the deep end he really is. It is sickening to see all of his "God Bless" and "protect the children" statements when he is clearly not a man who lives and practices what he preaches. He is now saying he has been invited to the presidential inaugeration. How sad that this man of such poor character would go and share the same space with someone (Obama) with whom he is so disrespectful about on his FB site. I pray that God works on Colin's heart throughout this experience so that he may find peace and discover the er of his ways. Today's radical right wing republican party is the most un- God like party I

Continuation---the repub party of today is the most radical, un-God like party I have witnessed during my lifetime. The right wing crazies love to praise their virtual idol, Reagan. Reagan would be considered a Democrat today. Our "Founding Fathers"would be considered left wing as well. The GOP has gone so far of the rails and has brainwashed the likes of their own. Unfortunately, it will take years for the GOP to recover from their immage problems and misteps---and, people such as Colin make it all the more difficult for the GOP to re-establish itself as a legitimate party. Ipredict that America will not havd a repub POTUs for many, many years to come. It is people like Colin who make the GOP look bad. These radical rants are

Continuation---these radical ransts are dangerous and and reveal Colin for who he is. Colin, Just because you belive somthing doesn't make it right. Ask yourself..."what would Jesus do?" I strongly suspect He would'nt launch into a crazy verbal tirade in front of kindergarteners, post all day and into the night the nutty stuff you support. I'll pray that God softens your heart, Colin.

DJP... I'm for either party. Just not the extremists from either side. When there is a reasonable Repub maybe I'd vote for them. Today's republican party is far from being "for the people." And, I might add...I am a college educated and employeed woman with a 6 figure household salary. Colin's radical viewpoints are what is wrong with today's GOP.

I found this interesting. I copied and pasted this from an e-mail I received from the school today:
"The Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office announced earlier today that charges would not be filed against the parent who created a disturbance at Mill Creek Elementary School on January 9 and then proceeded to post messages via social media and email District Board members, administrators and a select group of parents in the Mill Creek community about the incident.
Though it has been determined by the State’s Attorney’s Office that this individual’s actions and statements following the incident were not criminal in nature, they did disrupt the school day, were perceived by many as alarming, and created an atmosphere of uneasiness in our school, our District, and our community. Geneva School District has permanently prohibited this individual from entering school property."

Weren't these issues the same that we felt when there was a potential for a teacher's strike? Just found it a little ironic that's all.

Thanks DJP for the "Kudos." It's too bad Your posts drip of sarcasim and disdain. I wish you the best though.

@LC: Just simply responding to your vile comment i.e, "the- repub- party- of- today- is- the- most radical, un-God- like- party- I have- witnessed- during- my- lifetime". Sorry. Not going to sit back and read your propaganda & or insults. Further, you did not address the facts. A quick google search re the top 15 US cities ( based on 2012 figures) with the highest murder rates, elected liberals to run their cities. With the exception of NYC (who claims to be "independent" and operates like a democrat) the list is a follows: Chicago: DEMOCRAT; Detroit: DEM; Philly: Dem; LAX: Dem; New Orleans: DEM; Houston: DEM; Baltimore: DEMOCRAT; Memphis: Democrat; Phoenix: Democrat; Saint Louis: Democrat; Washington DC: Democrat; Kansas City: Democrat; Oakland: Democrat--- Again, every city listed has murder rates off the charts, to include Chicago with 509 murders. And these same democrat- run- cities are running huge deficits.

I stand by my point...the repub party is the most un-god like I've witnessed in my lifetime. It appears you want to start another discussion about crime and dems vs repubs. Sorry, not going to bite. There are pros and cons to both sides. This thread is about a member of the community who lost it in front of small kids and promotes his radical agenda via social media.