Houston Independent School District / Houston ISD Homepage

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Burbank Middle / Homepage

Frank Black Middle School / FBMS Homepage

Codwell Elementary / Homepage

Attucks Middle School / Homepage

Carrillo Elementary / Carrillo Elementary

Blackshear Elementary / Homepage

Atherton Elementary / Homepage

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

August 2025

July 2025

Houston ISD

Title / URL	Issues
Houston Independent School District / Houston ISD Homepagewww.houstonisd.org/Domain/4	16
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.houstonisd.org/	16
Houston Independent School District / Houston ISD Homepagewww.houstonisd.org/	16
Burbank Middle / Homepagewww.houstonisd.org/Domain/16	8
Frank Black Middle School / FBMS Homepagewww.houstonisd.org/Domain/631	8
Codwell Elementary / Homepagewww.houstonisd.org/Domain/8375	8
Attucks Middle School / Homepagewww.houstonisd.org/Domain/629	8
Carrillo Elementary / Carrillo Elementarywww.houstonisd.org/Domain/634	7
Blackshear Elementary / Homepagewww.houstonisd.org/Domain/2117	7
Atherton Elementary / Homepagewww.houstonisd.org/Domain/12929	7

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Houston ISD

Where this issue has occurred