The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board 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 44 schools which provide classes from kindergarten to grade 12, where Catholic teachings permeate all areas of the curriculum. 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. The school board has distinguished itself as a recognized leader in Windsor-Essex for providing innovative programs that enhance learning and help students find the pathways that are most consistent with their individual aspirations. WECDSB strives to create a culture of innovation that embraces the realities of a rapidly changing world by developing programs, curriculum, and experiential learning that is related to exciting career paths in a variety of sectors, while being ever mindful of the potential for expansion into promising new areas that provide even greater opportunities for the students.
