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Weber is profoundly deaf and says she was mainstreamed in regular education classes for most of her schooling. She grew up in Wilkie, attending Norman Carter School and McLurg High School during the early 1960s and ‘70s. Her parents both taught in Wilkie. “My parents emphasized the arts during early childhood. They also took classes in deaf education at Minot State College in North Dakota in the summers to help further my language skills,” Weber says. Following high school graduation, Weber attended the University of Saskatchewan and obtained honours bachelor of arts degrees in English and philosophy as well as a BEd. At Edmonton she earned a master’s in library science at the University of Alberta, followed by a PhD from the University of Regina. She was awarded the Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal for her work in arts-based language and literacy intervention with deaf students.
While there is some ambiguity, all scenarios would or could potentially force the Creighton School Division (CSD) to merge with another division. “We’re still lobbying to stay alone, but whether we’ll succeed or not I have no idea,” said Raymond Biberdorf, chairman of the CSD board of trustees. “We’re in a little corner here all by ourselves, so I just can’t see [a merger] happening, but we don’t have the final say.” While the new report aims to find efficiencies in the system, Biberdorf sees no savings attached to dissolving CSD. He said Northern Lights School Division, the division that is geographically closest to Creighton, is based four hours away in La Ronge.