Accessibility

Accessibility Statement for the Pacific Oaks Children’s School Website

Pacific Oaks Children’s School is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for all users, including individuals with disabilities. We actively monitor the digital experience and apply appropriate accessibility standards to address any issues.

Measures to Support Accessibility

Pacific Oaks Children’s School takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of the website

  • Appoint an accessibility officer to monitor accessibility of the website.
  • Provide accessibility training to staff.
  • Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities.
  • Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

Conformance Status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) define standards for developers and designers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. These guidelines define three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Pacific Oaks Children’s School strives to meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA standards.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of our website. Please let us know if you encounter any accessibility barriers:

Compatibility with Browsers and Assistive Technology

The website is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

  • Google Chrome browser on Windows

Limitations and Alternatives

Despite our efforts to ensure full accessibility of the website, there may be some limitations. Below is a list of known issues and possible solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for the website:

  1. Color Contrast: Using the toggle in the website footer to turn Accessibility Mode "On" improves color contrast.
  2. PDF Documents: Some legacy PDF documents may lack accessibility tags. We are working to remediate all documents. Please report issues using
  3. YouTube Videos: Keyboard focus order in the "More Videos" section may not be logical, and focus may not return to the triggering element.
  4. Embedded Google Maps: Embedded maps may lack ALT tags on images, and hidden ARIA elements may contain focusable components.
  5. Web Forms: Our donation forms are provided by a third-party service. Some images and icons do not include equivalent text:
    1. Credit card icons indicating accepted payment methods.
    2. Help image showing where to find a bank routing number.
    3. Social sharing buttons on the thank-you page.
    4. Decorative images explaining how Givalanche works cannot currently be ignored by assistive technologies.

Assessment Approach

Pacific Oaks Children’s School assessed the accessibility of the website using the following methods:

  • Self-evaluation
  • External evaluation

This statement was last updated on: April 26, 2021