Website Accessibility Statement

It is critically important to the Mahopac Central School District that the information on our website be accessible to individuals with visual, hearing or cognitive disabilities. As a result, the District has made good faith efforts to ensure that our site complies with New York State standards on website accessibility (New York State OFT Policy, P04-002, Accessibility of State Agency Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications) and with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, set forth by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to the best of our technical ability.

The majority of pages in our site are available in HTML format, which can be deciphered by screen readers. Some documents are in Adobe PDF format, which require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer, you can download it for free from the Adobe website.  Some features on this site may require the Adobe Flash Player to view. If you do not have the Adobe Flash Player, please visit the Adobe website. to download it.

As part of Mahopac Central School District's commitment to accessibility, we have adopted an industry-leading Web Accessibility solution called AudioEye. AudioEye helps ensure that our websites are optimized to provide users with an accessible experience by conforming to WCAG 2.0 Level AA guidelines. The AudioEye technology utilizes a toolbar, which will appear on the bottom right side of our webpages, and includes a suite of free assistive web personalization utilities that allows our users to customize their experience in order to meet their needs.  Click here to learn more about AudioEye.

If you are unable to access any page or pages on our site, please email Dr. Greg Stowell, Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Personnel & Educational Services, at stowellg@mahopac.k12.ny.us with detailed information on the location of the page or document you were attempting to access. Be sure to include your name, email address and phone number so that we may contact you to provide the information in another format. Please note that some pages on the Mahopac Central School District’s websites contain links to third-party sites, which are not within our control and may not comply with accessibility standards. The District is not responsible for the content or accessibility of third-party sites.

We remain committed to developing and refining our systems of proactive, transparent and timely communication. The addition of this accessibility tool is just one more way we can effectively communicate both within and beyond the bounds of our community.