“That teacher is going to pay for this”

It helps to separate the three things that post mixes together. First, the threat: announcing harm by any means, in circumstances that make it credible, is a criminal offence (Art. 154, Ley 74-25); and when the threat targets a public servant — teaching staff in public schools are public servants (Art. 77, Ley 74-25) — in order to make them perform or refrain from an act of their duties, such as changing a grade, the protection is greater (Art. 309, Ley 74-25). Second, the insults: these are pursued as insult or defamation (Arts. 210 and 208, Ley 74-25); the offence of contempt no longer covers teachers, since Ley 44-26 limited it to the judicial sphere (Art. 310, Ley 74-25). Third, the criticism about grades and school management: against a public official, only expressions that affect their intimate or private life, or that are manifestly insulting or defamatory, are pursued (Art. 211 Párrafo II, Ley 74-25, as worded by Ley 44-26) — reasonable criticism from families is not a criminal offence, and telling it apart from a threat is part of institutional maturity. Option a is the protective route: document, inform and decide together with the leadership; option c complements it, because a legitimate academic complaint deserves its own channel. Option b turns the teacher into a party to a public quarrel; option d leaves the threatened person alone with her fear. Question for the group: do we each know today who to turn to first if the threat were against us?