Those of us who work with children from zero to six years old celebrated greatly that the new education decree considered in a clear and transparent way that the zerosis (I borrow this beautiful neologism from my colleague and teacher Maite Pujol) is a single stage, with its own identity.

The future of the rural school in Palacio de Santa Eulàlia, a small village in the Alt Empordà with just over 120 inhabitants, on the banks of the Fluvià river, has caused a stir. Just five years after launching his educational projectThe City Council has opted to close it, a rare decision. In fact, the Department of Education has no record of such an early closure. The school currently has eighteen students, divided into three small groups: nursery, preschool, and middle school. These students come from the municipality and also from very small neighboring villages without schools, such as Siurana. Since it is a rural school, the City Council is responsible for the space and its maintenance, so the Department of Education has no say in the closure request submitted by the local council. The City Council, which has changed political hands since the previous administration that opened the school, argues that the closure is necessary because it cannot afford the expenses. The families, however, maintain that it is a key service for preventing depopulation and strengthening residents' ties to the municipality.