Accessibility Statement
At Derry Township School District, we are committed to making our website accessible and user-friendly for everyone, including those with disabilities. We are taking steps to ensure that our website complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA.
What are we doing?
We have implemented the following measures to make our website more accessible:
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Alternative Text: We provide alternative text for all images on our website, which can be accessed by screen readers.
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Keyboard Navigation: We have made sure that all pages on our website can be accessed using a keyboard only, without the need for a mouse.
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Clear Language and Layout: We use clear and simple language and a consistent layout to make it easy for all users to understand and navigate our website.
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Color Contrast: We ensure that all text on our website has sufficient color contrast to make it easy to read.
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Closed Captions and Transcripts: We provide closed captions and transcripts for all videos on our website to make them accessible to all users.
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Descriptive Link Text: We use descriptive link text to provide users with more information about where the link will take them.
We are committed to providing an accessible website and ensuring that all users have an equal opportunity to access the information and resources available on our website.
Closed Captioning
This website offers computer generated speech to text closed captioning. These transcriptions are provided for web accessibility purposes. This may result in unexpected and unpredictable degradation with certain words or the spelling of names.
If you have questions about the closed captioning provided, please contact webmaster@hershey.k12.pa.us
These caption tools as well as the ability to navigate embedded video and audio files via the keyboard are provided to maintain our commitment to ADA compliance. The closed captioning feature can be toggled on or off by using the “>>” arrows in the video player.
Let us know what you think
We are constantly reviewing our website and making improvements to ensure that it is accessible to all users. If you have any suggestions or feedback on how we can improve the accessibility of our website. We'd like to hear from you in any of the following ways:
Email our webmaster at webmaster@hershey.k12.pa.us
This accessibility statement was last updated on September 12, 2023.