MCPS A&S Meeting with Colin Kaepernick

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They brought in people to pitch trendy AI and VR tools? Ugh.

(You guys are focused on the wrong problem here, as usual.)

They are a bunch of idiots,

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the MCPS forum overrun by lunatics, conspiracy theorists, right wing idiots?

Yes

+1.

Anybody who can’t understand that these speakers came for free because they are selling a product is being willfully ignorant.

MAGAs are ignorant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From MoCo Show: https://mocoshow.com/2025/08/14/colin-kaepernick-and-anurupa-ganguly-address-mcps-leaders/

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) recently hosted its Superintendent’s A&S (Administrative & Supervisory) Meeting, featuring two prominent speakers: former NFL quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick and Anurupa Ganguly, founder of Prisms of Reality.

The event, which MCPS described as “on fire,” was designed to inspire and challenge school leaders.
Kaepernick, a well-known voice for social justice, addressed the leaders with a message of “challenging systems and championing justice.”

From MCPS Social Media:

Was the PD actually good or a joke? Did it really set MCPS leadership "on fire" as Chris Cram is claiming?

Oh Cram again

[Anonymous]

Why doesn’t mcps understand that these two people were just there to promote themselves? I’d like to know whose idea it was to have them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who paid for this?

Tariffs!

I thought it was Mexico

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the MCPS forum overrun by lunatics, conspiracy theorists, right wing idiots?

Yes

+1.

Anybody who can’t understand that these speakers came for free because they are selling a product is being willfully ignorant.

Yeah, you can’t even post on this form anymore without the bots and the crazy lunatics from Florida posting.

Even on Facebook like if you look up the people that are posting the crazy shit they’re not even from Montgomery county.

When you make national news, you get the lunatics from everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the MCPS forum overrun by lunatics, conspiracy theorists, right wing idiots?

Yes

+1.

Anybody who can’t understand that these speakers came for free because they are selling a product is being willfully ignorant.

Yeah, you can’t even post on this form anymore without the bots and the crazy lunatics from Florida posting.

Even on Facebook like if you look up the people that are posting the crazy shit they’re not even from Montgomery county.

When you make national news, you get the lunatics from everywhere.

Taylor obviously wants the attention. Bringing Kaepernick here will just attract more of the MAGA crowd.

[Anonymous]

So it really does appear that Kaepernick is just hawking his business, he apparently is flirting with a partnership with Prince George's County and made a stop over there after his visit with MCPS: https://marylandmatters.org/2025/08/15/in-surprise-appearance-colin-kaepernick-teases-partnership-with-prince-georges-county/

New Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy’s (D) reception in Ocean City was star-studded already — at least by Maryland politics standards.

In attendance were the governor and first lady, the lieutenant governor, the comptroller and the state’s senior U.S. senator.

And then former NFL player Colin Kaepernick showed up and stole the show.

County officials teased a new partnership with the quarterback-turned-civil-rights-activist, focused on boosting student literacy training with artificial intelligence tools.

Kaepernick launched an AI start-up called Lumi last year, which aims to help storytellers publish and merchandise their work independently, “transforming any creator into Disney,” according to its website.

He has been busy recently coordinating with local school systems. Earlier Thursday, Kaepernick appeared in Rockville at a Montgomery County Public Schools summer meeting for administrators. Just a week ago, he unveiled a literacy partnership with the Portland public school system.

Taking the microphone at Ocean City’s Spain Wine Bar, Kaepernick praised Braveboy’s “incredible leadership” to a crowd of local officials gathered at the reception during the Maryland Association of Counties conference,

“AI is not some distant future,” Kaepernick said. “It is changing careers. It is changing the economy. It is changing industries. Now, we need to be at the forefront of it. Our students need to be at the forefront.”

I think it's fine for him to have an ed-tech product that he wants to sell to school districts, but he should do so in a competitive and transparent way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Completely disgraceful. An organization that is of public service, leads with the Pledge of Allegiance and invites someone who supports the opposite. Poor executive.

I haven’t heard a pledge done in YEARS

Consider visiting a public school. It is recited every morning of school over the announcements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Completely disgraceful. An organization that is of public service, leads with the Pledge of Allegiance and invites someone who supports the opposite. Poor executive.

I haven’t heard a pledge done in YEARS

Consider visiting a public school. It is recited every morning of school over the announcements.

LOL I work in an MCPS school. I’m there every single morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Completely disgraceful. An organization that is of public service, leads with the Pledge of Allegiance and invites someone who supports the opposite. Poor executive.

I haven’t heard a pledge done in YEARS

Consider visiting a public school. It is recited every morning of school over the announcements.

LOL I work in an MCPS school. I’m there every single morning.

Then talk to your admin. I've taught at multiple MCPS schools and every one has said the pledge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Completely disgraceful. An organization that is of public service, leads with the Pledge of Allegiance and invites someone who supports the opposite. Poor executive.

I haven’t heard a pledge done in YEARS

Consider visiting a public school. It is recited every morning of school over the announcements.

At my middle school it is said in english and spanish every morning but not a single child or teacher stands for it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Completely disgraceful. An organization that is of public service, leads with the Pledge of Allegiance and invites someone who supports the opposite. Poor executive.

I haven’t heard a pledge done in YEARS

Consider visiting a public school. It is recited every morning of school over the announcements.

At my middle school it is said in english and spanish every morning but not a single child or teacher stands for it

Our constitutional rights still stand, for now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Completely disgraceful. An organization that is of public service, leads with the Pledge of Allegiance and invites someone who supports the opposite. Poor executive.

I haven’t heard a pledge done in YEARS

Consider visiting a public school. It is recited every morning of school over the announcements.

LOL I work in an MCPS school. I’m there every single morning.

Is your school an outlier? My kid just went through elementary, middle and high school in the Kennedy cluster and the pledge was a daily part of their routine.

[Anonymous]

Why are we talking about the pledge of allegiance?