CEIP Son Pisà families do not take their children to school in protest of the teacher convicted of harassment

Palm have agreed not to take their children to school until they meet with the Ministry of Education as a protest measure against the incorporation of teacher Miquel Roldán, convicted of child abuse, to the center. The decision was made after a meeting of the educational community with more than 200 families, in which parents evaluated various response options to the situation. During the meeting, the school principal explained that this Wednesday, spontaneously, 40% of the students were absent and the children who came to class "are nervous" because the situation is affecting coexistence.The spokesperson for FAPA Mallorca, Miquel Àngel Guerrero, explained that an extraordinary school council has been convened for Thursday to address the situation, which the local educational inspector will attend to answer the questions of those concerned, because they are "very upset". Some parents have expressed their intention to wait around the school to see if any decision is made that could put an end to this situation.

For now, the teacher has a confirmed position until April 28, although it is very likely that the leave of the substitute will be extended. The protest measure is part of a pressure strategy that was already carried out at the beginning of the school year at CEIP Maria Antònia Salvà in Son Sardina, where the same teacher had been assigned and where families staged a sustained protest against his presence. In that case, classes were not taught during the first 11 days of the school year.

The educational community of Son Pisà considers that Roldán's incorporation is not an isolated incident, but the continuation of a problem that has already occurred in other centers (Son Sardina and previously in CEIP Gabriel Janer Manila) and has not been resolved structurally. In this regard, they express that the transfer of the teacher from one center to another is not an effective solution, but rather a measure that simply displaces the conflict without guaranteeing the protection of the students or responding to the concerns of the families.

For this reason, they demand that Education assume responsibility and establish clear and definitive measures to prevent similar situations in the future. They insist that the priority must be to guarantee a safe environment for children and that the regulatory framework must be reviewed so that cases like this cannot be repeated within the educational system.

Without disqualification

The case of Miquel Roldán originates from a one-year prison sentence for a stalking offense against a minor former student, a sentence confirmed by the Court. Nevertheless, the court did not decree disqualification from teaching, understanding that the facts were not directly linked to professional activity, a point that has kept the legal, educational, and social debate open on the limits of teaching practice in these cases.

In his previous assignment, in Son Sardina, his arrival triggered a conflict of great intensity within the educational community. Families expressed outright rejection of his presence in the classrooms and reported previous incidents they described as “very unpleasant”. The tension led to sustained mobilizations and a family strike that kept children out of school for eleven days, with a strong impact on the center's functioning.

During that episode, more than 70 family associations and more than 300 teachers showed support for the affected families. The pressure led the Conselleria and the unions to propose a psychiatric study to assess the teacher's suitability for working with minors, but the medical leave halted its execution and the procedure ultimately remained without continuity.

Subsequently, the Conselleria of Education withdrew the evaluation proposal, leaving the case without specific preventive measures beyond the usual administrative framework. This decision has reopened the debate on the need to review regulations in cases of convictions for offenses related to minors without express judicial disqualification. In parallel, the case has reached the Parliament, where legislative initiatives have been proposed to restrict teaching practice in certain situations. The debate remains open and has turned the Roldán case into a point of friction between judicial rulings, administrative management, and social pressure within the educational system.