Technology - Westlake Academy

Governance - Westlake Academy

Financial Transparency - Westlake Academy

What is an IB education? - Westlake Academy

Academics - Westlake Academy

About Us - Westlake Academy

Back to School Tool Kit - Westlake Academy

Hope Squad - Westlake Academy

Human Resources - Westlake Academy

Public Information Requests - Westlake Academy

Links must be defined in a specific way to be accessed by screen readers, which are used by 
blind and the partially-sighted.

To work with accessibility technologies, links must contain both machine-readable text, and 
a `href` attribute. If a link is not actually
pointing to a page or part of a page, it should be replaced with another semantic element, such
as a `button`, or the `<a>` tag should have a role of `button`. 

For example:

```html
<a href="/about">About us</a>
```

If the link contains _nothing but an image_, that image should specify alternative text, e.g.

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" alt="Apple">
</a>
```

Before HTML5, an anchor was often used to create a target to link to, e.g.

```html
<a name="example"></a>
```

This is not supported in HTML5, and the use of anchors for targets is discouraged. Use an `id`
attribute on a non-anchor tag instead, e.g.

```html
<div id="example"> ... </div>
```

Empty links (e.g. `<a></a>`) are often incorrectly used for buttons or controls in a
JavaScript application. In these cases, you should usually define the link as having a more appropriate
role, e.g. as a button. To do this, use the `role` attribute (e.g `<a role="button">`), or replace 
the `<a>` tag with a more appropriate tag, such as `<button>`.

For more details, see [Technique H91](https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20161007/H91)
and learn about [ARIA roles](https://www.sitepoint.com/how-to-use-aria-effectively-with-html5/).

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April 2025

March 2025

Westlake Academy Charter School

Title / URL	Issues
Technology - Westlake Academywww.westlakeacademy.org/academics/technology	4
Governance - Westlake Academywww.westlakeacademy.org/about-us/governance	4
Financial Transparency - Westlake Academywww.westlakeacademy.org/about-us/financial-transparency	4
What is an IB education? - Westlake Academywww.westlakeacademy.org/about-us/what-is-an-ib-education	4
Academics - Westlake Academywww.westlakeacademy.org/academics	4
About Us - Westlake Academywww.westlakeacademy.org/about-us	4
Back to School Tool Kit - Westlake Academywww.westlakeacademy.org/about-us/back-to-school-tool-kit	4
Hope Squad - Westlake Academywww.westlakeacademy.org/academics/counseling/hope-squad	4
Human Resources - Westlake Academywww.westlakeacademy.org/about-us/human-resources	4
Public Information Requests - Westlake Academywww.westlakeacademy.org/about-us/pir	4

Ensure links can be used by screen readers

Westlake Academy Charter School

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