Lunenburg Public Schools is working to ensure that all of our website content is accessible to those with visual, auditory, motor and cognitive disabilities. The district would also like to provide greater translation services to families.
The district has reviewed several sources of information about designing accessible web content. This website contains information from various resources about the needs of students with disabilities, legal issues involved with providing accessible website content, and recommendations for how websites can be updated to make information more accessible.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) provide detailed recommendations about making information more accessible. The WCAG was created by the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) with input from developers all over the world. WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) is a non-profit organization based at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University and provides many resources for designing accessible information and a tool for checking website content.
PLEASE NOTE: the new websites are still under construction. Additional formatting changes will take place as more accessibility elements are added. See the Audits using webAIM's WAVE page for examples of what has been done and what still needs to be addressed.
These resources provide a great deal of information about website accessibility. The WebAIM WCAG 2 Checklist is a condensed version of important features described in these guidelines. But if you would like more information, please review these resources.
Regular auditing of school websites should be scheduled by webmasters to check for issues that could impact accessibility. The webAIM Wave program is recommended. The websites will continue to be updated with accessibility features. The Audits using webAIM's WAVE page shows screenshots of the original and new district website run through webAIM WAVE.