Ciara Bostick feels there’s no better spiritual path for her than the one she's created for herself: helping girls find empowerment, achievement and a sense of purpose. Bostick runs the Fort Lauderdale-based God’s Gift Inc., a leadership-oriented organization focused on helping teenaged and younger girls who are growing up with challenges including issues of gender, race, ethnicity or a low socioeconomic status and see limited options for the future.
At Tuesday's New Hanover County school board meeting, members voted to approve the state’s salary schedule, but board member Judy Justice was the lone dissenting vote.