The Manacor City Council announced this Friday that it will take legal action against the implementation of the single school zone, after meeting with the management teams of the municipality's preschool, primary, and early childhood education centers (ages 0-3). The meeting was attended by the mayor, Miquel Oliver; the Education Delegate, Ferran Montero; technical staff from the Education Department; and representatives from public and private schools in Manacor, Portocristo, Illot, and Son Macià. During the meeting, both the management teams and the City Council expressed their discontent that the change was approved without any prior dialogue with the educational community or the City Council. According to reports, the schools only received information after the measure had already been formalized.

There are moments in the day that define a town or city. In the mornings, when thousands of children and teenagers fill the streets on their way to school, they offer the truest reflection of our urban and educational model. Because school is not just a building: it is community, neighborhood, and equal opportunity. Now, the Regional Ministry of Education, controlled by the People's Party (PP) and supported by Vox, wants to dismantle this fundamental pillar of our society with a shocking lack of justification and recklessness. The proposal for a single school zone is not simply an administrative matter, but a direct threat to the true equity of the system.

The PSIB (Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands) will present a motion at the next plenary session of the Council of Mallorca against the implementation of single school zones in most municipalities of the Balearic Islands, a measure the Department of Education intends to promote starting next school year. The Socialists believe this measure violates the principle of school proximity, encourages travel by private vehicle, and exacerbates social and educational segregation. The PSIB denounces the proposal from the PP (People's Party) and Vox government, arguing that it is based on a false notion of freedom of choice and ignores both the position of the Mallorca School Council—which has already rejected it—and the current legal framework regarding education and sustainable mobility. Furthermore, the party will promote similar motions in all institutions where it has representation. "It is a fallacy to speak of freedom of choice without equity," stated Socialist deputy and Secretary General of the Socialists of Mallorca, Amanda Fernández, who argued that education "is the ultimate social elevator" and warned that the Government's policies "make equality of..." According to Fernández, the single zone eliminates the real weight of the proximity criterion, which until now allowed families to prioritize schooling near their homes or workplaces, facilitating work-life balance and social cohesion in neighborhoods. With the new system, he explained, living in any neighborhood in Palma gives the same score in the admissions process, which renders educational planning meaningless. "If everyone now has 5.5 points, the half-point for each former student becomes enormously significant," he warned, also pointing out that this criterion benefits families with greater mobility. "Free choice is a fallacy," he insisted.

The plenary session of the Mallorca School Council has approved an alternative report rejecting the proposal from the Ministry of Education and Universities to modify school zoning starting in the 2026-2027 academic year. The document opposes the elimination of most current school zones—which would turn municipalities into single zones—and demands the reinstatement of the zoning in effect for the 2025-2026 academic year in all municipalities and that of the 2023-2024 academic year in the case of Palma. The report, approved due to disagreement with the document prepared by the rapporteur of the main report, warns that the government's proposal not only jeopardizes the neighborhood school model but also creates inconsistencies and direct harm to students and families. According to the School Council, the new zoning could negatively affect both the equity of the education system and students' academic success.