“I don’t blame them at all,” said Cooper in response. “This situation has created emotional turmoil for myself.” “I was also informed through students that a colleague in my school has been “turning” other students against me, as several students now say they are “uncomfortable” to be in my classroom,” he said. He also said that some students are no longer comfortable being in his class. “I have received questions from staff and students as to why I support slavery and why I am a racist, which has caused me grief and awkwardness in classroom and school exchanges.” “The environment caused by the district’s handling of this matter has created a hostile work environment and disrupted the student’s mental psyche and their receptiveness attitude to learn,” Papnikolaou said in the complaint. In response to the district’s April 27 decision by the ERC, Papanikolaou filed a complaint with human resources. I think there’s just cause for some type of disciplinary action.” “I’m surprised but I’m not surprised at the same time,” Cooper said. After review, school leaders found that there wasn’t enough cause to discipline Papanikolaou. They began investigating and found some parts of the video that have no curriculum backing. She’s one of the parents that urged the district to look into this video. “Slaves and property rights, over taxation and a variety of violations of state’s right and sovereignty,” Papanikolaou said in the video.Ĭooper’s daughter is in 6th grade at Manatee Middle School but doesn’t have Papanikolaou as a teacher. It was the right to own property and that property happened to be human beings.” “Personally, as a parent, the words stuck in my head that made me go, ‘Wait a minute’ was slavery and property rights. “Probably picking middle school students to make that kind of broach is probably not the appropriate spot,” Cooper said. “Every year our state celebrates and memorializes that valiant, brave fight and the countless sacrifices by our men and women during that known as the Civil War, but may be more correctly titled the War To Prevent Southern Independence,” Papanikolaou is near narrating in the video. The video went viral, mainly for its pro-Confederacy tone. Initially, the video sent shockwaves through the Manatee Middle School community and around the globe. If you didn’t know, April is an officially celebrated month here in the State of Florida named Confederate History Month,” said Papanikolaou in the video first obtained by NBC2.
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