When the school board introduced lessons on local Indigenous history, some parents crowded the library after hours, whispering heatedly while students watched from the hallway.

In the classroom the next morning, Ms. Garcia rolled out a map dotted with unfamiliar names, and Sara asked, quietly, "Why didn't we learn this before?"

That evening, flyers for and against the change filled every mailbox on Oak Street, but the town hall meeting overflowed into the parking lot, where Ella and DeShawn stood shivering, waiting their turn to speak.