We are currently living in a complicated, divided culture where passions, loyalties, assumptions, and fears are tested, flexed, asserted, and threatened. I think the biggest challenge after election night was trying to be a trustworthy leader for my junior high students who felt marginalized, betrayed, disappointed, and confused by the results. These East Bay bilingual students are informed, concerned, active, verbal, and full of hope and bright ideas. Last Wednesday the buo