The Son Sardina families will take legal action in the Miquel Roldán case.

PalmThe families of the CEIP Maria Antònia Salvà de Son Sardina do not give up. This Monday is the fourth day of strike since the start of the school year, for protesting the presence of the teacher convicted of child abuse, Miquel Roldán. The Association of Families has announced that legal action will be taken to ensure their children can return to school safely. Sources close to the organization assure that, for now, it does not want to specify what strategy will be followed. Initially, no action would be taken against the teacher, but it has not been ruled out. Last Friday, the families requested that both the President of the Catalan Government, Marga Prohens, and the Minister of Education, Antoni Vera, visit the school this Monday. For now, they have not received confirmation.

In a statement, the AFA questions the teacher's behavior. "He is aware of the social alarm that his return has caused and, even so, he chooses to ignore it. This has led the families involved to consider taking legal action." "For this reason, we have already contacted a law firm to evaluate possible legal action," it explains.

The families insist that the measures adopted by the Regional Ministry "are insufficient and do not protect the school's students." The Ministry of Education has assigned a new teacher to tutor sixth-grade students, while Roldán will provide support duties. "The teacher convicted of bullying is not prevented from having contact with the minors, as he can communicate with them within the school and have access to their personal data, which would allow him to contact them through other means, as he has done in the past," they state.

In previous academic years, the teacher was involved in "very unpleasant" incidents both inside and outside the school premises, of which the education inspectorate and the Regional Ministry are aware. "The families of the minors involved, at the time, decided to protect the children and decided not to go to court to avoid having to go through the judicial process." "The teacher's insistence on returning to CEIP Maria Antònia Salvà is interpreted by families as a clear provocation, confirmed by the publications that have appeared on social media, and which causes great concern to all those involved," adds the AFA.

In statements to IB3, the minister emphasized that the Education Inspectorate is monitoring the case and that "any actions" the Ministry may take "are always at the request of the Education Inspectorate." Vera recalled that in February he sent letters to the Ministries of Youth and Children, Education and Vocational Training, Finance and Civil Service, and Labor and Social Economy to explain the situation and request changes to the law, but "the Ministry of Education responded and clearly stated" that it would not be amended and that this teacher must continue to work.

According to his statement, the Regional Ministry must ensure that court rulings are enforced, and in this case, the court ruling on Roldán does not contemplate his disqualification from teaching. "This case dates back to the previous term, not this term," he added, before insisting that his Regional Ministry cannot disqualify him and, therefore, has adopted preventive measures, just as it did last year at the Pòrtol school where he was assigned.