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Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board

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Director of education
  
Paul Picard

Phone
  
+1 519-253-2481

District ID
  
B67024

Chair of the board
  
Fred Alexander

Schools
  
46 (37 elementary, 9 secondary)

Budget
  
CA$235.3 million million (2009-2010)

Elected trustees
  
Fred Alexander (chair) Mary DiMenna (vice-chair) Joan Courtney Barbara Holland Chris Janisse Frank Favot John Macri Bernie Mastromattei Lisa Soulliere

Student trustees
  
Valere Gaspard Kyla Dumlao

Address
  
1325 California Ave, Windsor, ON N9B 3Y6, Canada

Number of students
  
23,000 (projected 2010-2011)

Superintendents
  
Learning Support Services, Mario Iatonna

Similar
  
Greater Essex County Di, Greater Essex County D, Holy Names Catholic, Catholic Central High Sch, Assumpti College Catholic

Profiles

The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board (WECDSB, known as English-language Separate District School Board of Education No. 37 prior to 1999) is the separate school board that oversees Catholic education in Windsor and the surrounding County of Essex, in Ontario, Canada. Its headquarters are in the Windsor Essex Catholic Education Centre in Windsor. It provides administration to a total of 50 schools which provide classes from kindergarten to grade 12, where Catholic teachings permeate all areas of the curriculum.

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The board was created in 1998 from the merger of the Windsor Separate School Board (WSSB) and the Essex County Separate School Board (ECSSB) as the anglophone and francophone separate school boards.

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Overview

The board's budget, spending and activities are directed by trustees who are elected for four-year terms, coincident with municipal elections in Ontario. Five trustees are elected to represent sections of Windsor, and four represent areas of the County. Two student trustees are also elected through by-elections of the Student Senate to represent the student body, and the clergy is also represented through a Board Chaplain.

Schools

In the 2009-2010 school year, the WECDSB administered 37 elementary schools and 9 secondary schools.

The secondary schools are:

  • Assumption College School in Windsor
  • Cardinal Carter Catholic High School in Leamington
  • Catholic Central High School in Windsor
  • F. J. Brennan Catholic High School in Windsor
  • Holy Names High School in Windsor
  • St. Anne Catholic High School formerly in Tecumseh, now in Lakeshore
  • St. Joseph's Catholic High School in Windsor
  • St. Michael's Alternative High School with one campus in Essex, and two campuses in Windsor
  • St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic Secondary School in LaSalle
  • The Elementary Schools are:

  • Christ the King
  • H.J. Lassaline
  • Holy Cross
  • Holy Name
  • Immaculate Conception
  • L. A. Desmarais
  • Notre Dame
  • Our Lady of Lourdes
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help
  • Our Lady of the Annunciation
  • Queen of Peace
  • Sacred Heart
  • St. AndrĂ© (French Immersion)
  • St. Angela
  • St. Anne (French Immersion)
  • St. Anthony
  • St. Bernard (Amherstburg)
  • St. Bernard (Windsor)
  • St. Christopher
  • St. Gabriel
  • St. James
  • St. John
  • St. John de Brebeuf
  • St. John the Baptist
  • St. John the Evangelist
  • St. John Vianney
  • St. Joseph
  • St. Jules
  • St. Louis
  • St. Mary
  • St. Peter
  • St. Pius X
  • St. Rose
  • St. Theresa
  • St. William
  • Stella Maris
  • W J Langlois
  • Provincial Supervision

    Citing financial, labour and organizational issues, the Ontario Ministry of Education appointed a Supervisor (similar to the Emergency Managers in the State of Michigan) to help the struggling school system with its fiscal and organizational problems. The Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board has been in financial disarray for years. It is currently the only school board in Ontario to have an accumulated deficit. And, according to the province, has repeatedly failed to present a balanced budget, which is a violation of the Education Act. The Government of Ontario appointed a supervisor to oversee the financial management and administration of the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board for an indefinite period of time. The province made the move just hours after a report by an independent auditor made the recommendation. According to the Ministry of Education, the supervisor will return the board to fiscal sustainability, ensure there are no labour disruptions in the coming year and to put the best interests of students first. Norbert Hartmann has been appointed under the Education Act, effective Sept. 4, 2012. Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten said immediately after the appointment that Hartmann's appointment is open ended and that Hartmann will stay as long as needed.

    References

    Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board Wikipedia