Web Accessibility

Ferndale Schools recognizes the importance of ensuring our websites are accessible to those with disabilities. We are committed to making our information accessible to all visitors and are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of our website and, in doing so, adhere to many of the available standards and guidelines.

This website endeavors to conform to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0.

These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible and the District is working to educate our staff so that the content they may post on their classroom websites will be compliant with the guidelines and be accessible to all visitors.

This site has been built using code compliant with W3C standards for HTML and CSS. The site displays correctly in current browsers and using standards compliant HTML/CSS code means any future browsers will also display it correctly.

Ferndale Schools strives to adhere to the accepted guidelines and standards for accessibility and usability as comprehensively as possible on this website. We are currently employing compliance service tools that scan our website quarterly and identify non-compliant elements or documents that need to be addressed. We seek to resolve these issues as quickly as possible.

Some documents on the Ferndale Schools website are produced in Portable Document Format (PDF ). In order to improve viewing these files, please download the latest version of Adobe Reader, which is available for free at the Adobe web site. Alternative accessible formats also are provided, where possible, most commonly through a text or an HTML file.

We are continually seeking solutions that will bring all areas of the site up to the same level of overall web accessibility. In the meantime, should you experience any difficulty in accessing the Ferndale Schools website, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Ferndale Public Schools (“the District”) recognizes the importance of ensuring accessibility of its website for students, prospective students, employees and the District’s guests with disabilities.

Some of the pages on the District website contain links to third-party sites. The District is not responsible for the Online Content or accessibility of third-party sites, which do not relate to the District’s programs, services and activities. The District makes no assurances regarding the accessibility of any Online Content that is posted, hosted or offered on the District’s website by an individual or entity outside of the control of the District. The District will take all steps reasonably calculated to prevent an individual or entity outside the control of the District from posting on the District’s website, and agrees to promptly remove any inaccessible Online Content once the District becomes aware of such content. The District will conduct frequent checks to identify any Online Content posted on the District’s website that is not accessible.

Online Content developed by, maintained by or offered through a third-party vendor or by using open sources, which is related to the District’s programs, services and activities will be made accessible in regards to the District’s Section 504 and Title II legal obligations, except where doing so would impose a fundamental alteration or undue financial and administrative burden.

The District, through its Website Accessibility Coordinators, will take the following steps to ensure accessibility of Online Content provided by third-parties which relate to District programs, services and activities:

The District, in providing equally effective alternate access, shall take any actions that do not result in a fundamental alteration or undue financial and administrative burdens, but nevertheless ensure that, to the maximum extent possible, individuals with disabilities receive the same benefits and services as their nondisabled peers. In those circumstances where the District’s Web Accessibility Coordinators believe that the proposed action would fundamentally alter the service, program, or activity would result in undue financial and administrative burdens, the District has the burden of proving that compliance would result in such alteration or burdens. The decision that compliance would result in such alteration or burdens must be made by the Superintendent or his or her designee after considering all resources available for use in the funding and operation of the service, program or activity and must be accompanied by a written statement of the reasons reaching that conclusion.

If an action would result in such an alteration or such burdens, the District shall take any other action that would not result in such an alteration or such burdens but would nevertheless ensure that, to the maximum extent possible, individuals with disabilities receive the benefits and services provided by the District.