Ottawa Catholic School Board to close on Friday
The Ottawa Catholic School Board will close on Friday with tens of thousands of Ontario education workers set to walk off the job that day.
ottawa.ctvnews.caI don’t have real-time access to the latest updates right now. Here’s what’s publicly reported recently about the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB) and the Catholic Education Center:
- Enrolment trends: The Ottawa Catholic School Board has seen higher-than-expected student enrolment in recent years, prompting staffing and resource planning to accommodate growth. This was noted in coverage of the board’s enrolment reporting for the 2023/2024 period, with significant increases in student numbers compared to projections [CBC News cites a 4.9% jump and the addition of thousands of students in that year]. This context suggests ongoing capacity and staffing considerations for the board as of the last reported period [CBC News: “Catholic school board enrolment much higher than projected”].
- Operational updates and notices: The board maintains a notices archive and updates on important information for families and staff, including any temporary changes to operations or school-level alerts. Recent notices were published in 2025–2026 on the OCSB site, indicating ongoing communications with the school community [OCSB Notices Archive].
- Cyber incident awareness: There have been public reports of cybersecurity-related communications from the Ottawa Catholic School Board regarding student information systems, underscoring ongoing data-security communication efforts with parents and guardians [CTV News / Ottawa community reporting on cyber incidents involving PowerSchool].
- Education center and governance: The Catholic Education Center (OCSB’s central administration hub) remains the administrative home for the board’s governance, admissions, and policy decisions, with information typically hosted on the board’s official site and communicated through notices and board meeting updates [OCSB homepage and notices sections].
If you’d like, I can:
- Pull the most recent board notices and summarize any new developments.
- Check for any current school closures, strikes, or significant policy changes affecting Catholic education in Ottawa.
- Provide direct links to the latest official statements and news items from the board and local outlets.
Would you like me to fetch and summarize the latest official notices and a couple of reliable news updates?