Boycott at the CEIP Maria Antònia Salvà: no student shows up to protest against Miquel Roldán

PalmThe families of the Maria Antònia Salvà Primary School have made good on their threat and none have taken their children to school on the first day of school. They will not take them tomorrow or Friday either, to demonstrate their opposition to Miquel Roldán, a teacher convicted of child abuse, teaching the sixth-grade class. Most of the families have organized childcare, while 10 have gone to the Son Sardina summer camp. The solution proposed by the Regional Ministry, which was already implemented last year when the teacher went to the Gabriel Janer and Manila Primary Schools (where Roldán met the victim), is for the teacher to be sent to the school. do work supervised at all times by a support teacherHowever, the families are not satisfied with this action. They want Roldán to be removed from the teaching profession.

The parents of Antonia Salvà have sent a letter to the Regional Ministry to denounce the presence of a teacher convicted of bullying a minor "generates alarm, mistrust, and fear." They asserted that their children have "the right to grow and learn in a protected, risk-free environment." They also added that there are "sufficient" criminal records that would make her teaching work incompatible, and stressed that they consider it "unacceptable" for someone with this history to be in daily contact with minors in a classroom.

Roldán's connection with Son Sardina dates back years. "He was my son's tutor in fifth and sixth grade. Until one day he disappeared," explains Antònia. On December 24, 2022, the teacher, also a singer-songwriter, set off alarm bells among his family and friends when he sent them a farewell letter and published his "last song" on social media. In the song, he explained that life isn't always what it seems and that there were many things about the reality he lived that everyone didn't know. Days later, he showed signs of life and said that at no point had he considered suicide. Meanwhile, police officers and citizens searched for him for days, thinking he might be killed.

Visits to Son Pacs

In 2023-2024, Antònia explains, the teacher visited Son Pacs High School, where he had former students in their first and second years of compulsory secondary education. He was invited to leave. The following year, he enrolled in a mid-level vocational training program at the same school. "We notified the management team, who separated their playground times to prevent them from meeting. Roldán suddenly dropped out of the class," she says. The same mother also explains that she was "sure" that after passing through Janer and Manila, Roldán would head to Son Sardina, "because he posted on social media with a message that said 'closing circles,' and it was clear to him that the circle would close at Son Sardina," she explains. "It happened very quickly. The sixth-grade tutor took sick leave, and he claimed the spot. Since he had a lot of points, it was his."

In February, a joint committee meeting between the government and education unions was held at the Ministry of Education to decide on the convicted teacher's future. The seven representatives of the government voted in favor of a psychiatric evaluation, while the union representatives from STEI, UGT, ANPE, Alternativa, and USO abstained, and SIAU and UOB voted against. As there was no absolute majority, the initiative was deadlocked. The teacher will only undergo a psychiatric evaluation if he so desires. Educació went a step further and called on the Spanish government to amend current legislation to prevent individuals of this profile from treating minors. ARA Baleares has asked the Ministry if it plans to take any immediate action, but has received no response.