School District Websites That Work for Every Parent, Student, and Community Member
Your district website serves parents, students, and community members · including those who rely on assistive technology. WPPersona delivers that. From the district homepage down to every school site and every PDF in your document library.
ADA Title II Applies to School Districts
Public K-12 school districts are state and local government entities subject to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The DOJ's 2024 final rule sets specific WCAG 2.1 AA requirements for district websites · including all pages, documents, and third-party tools you use. Most districts are already out of compliance.
The 5 most common ADA violations found in K-12 district websites
Inaccessible PDFs
Course catalogs, student handbooks, board meeting packets, and parent newsletters uploaded as scanned images or untagged PDFs fail accessibility requirements and cannot be read by screen readers.
Failing Navigation Menus
Dropdown navigation menus that require a mouse to operate fail keyboard operability tests · a basic WCAG requirement that many off-the-shelf school website platforms still get wrong.
Inaccessible Event Calendars
School activity and sports calendars often rely on third-party widgets that fail WCAG color contrast, keyboard navigation, and ARIA landmark requirements.
Staff Directories
Staff directory pages missing proper heading structure, accessible table markup, and descriptive link text create barriers for assistive technology users trying to find contact information.
Parent Portal & Registration Forms
Online enrollment forms, permission slips, and parent portal login pages frequently fail assistive technology testing · locking out parents who rely on screen readers or voice navigation.
One Platform. District HQ, All Schools, Every Department.
WPPersona's multi-site architecture gives you centralized control and school-level publishing · at the same time.
District-Level Brand Governance
Every school site in your district automatically inherits district colors, fonts, logo placement, and navigation structure. No school can accidentally break your brand · or your compliance posture.
School-Level Publishing Autonomy
Each school's communications staff can update their own news, events, staff directories, and announcements without submitting requests to district IT. Publishing is immediate and independent.
Centralized Compliance Dashboard
One view across every site, every page, and every uploaded PDF in your district. The district technology director can see compliance status for every school in a single dashboard · not school by school.
Shared Media Library
District-wide documents · board policy manuals, curriculum guides, annual reports · live in a shared library that is scanned for accessibility on every upload. One audit covers every school that links to the document.
K-12 Specific Features
Built for the workflows and content types that school districts actually need · not repurposed from a generic CMS.
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Enter your government website URL. We crawl every page, scan every PDF, and deliver a full ADA compliance risk report. No account. No credit card.
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