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Website Terms of Use

General
This website, and all of its sub-websites, are owned and operated by the Waterford School District (WSD) Administration and Staff. For best performance and use of the WSD website, please use the following browser types: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Microsoft Edge. The website is structured to directly reflect all policies and procedures set forth by the Waterford School District Board of Education. Waterford School District has the right, at any time, to change or discontinue any feature or aspect of this website, for any reason; that is, without limitation, availability, or equipment needed for accessing and utilizing this website.

Terms and Conditions of Use
The utilization of this District website, school websites, or individual departmental websites is governed by the policies, terms, and conditions set forth (Terms and Conditions of Use). Please read them through thoroughly and carefully. Your use of this site indicates your acceptance of each of the Terms and Conditions of Use. The Waterford School District reserves the right to modify this site in any fashion at any time as well as these Terms and Conditions of Use.

Copyright and Trademark
This website contains copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information including items such as photography, video, graphics, text, software, and forms. Each of the items mentioned prior, are subject to United States Copyright laws. You may NOT modify, publish, display, transmit, or subject yourself to the transfer or sale or in any form, exploit the content that exists on this website or that of any affiliates.

The data, information, materials, and services provided on this website are for the use to benefit the students, parents, members of the Waterford Community, and beyond. Changes or modifications to pages, structure, or procedure may incur at any time on this website. The materials on this website are provided in an “as is” state, without warranties of any type, either expressed or implied to the largest extent permissible to the applicable law.

You shall not upload, e-mail, post, or make available in any other fashion, any material on this website that is protected by copyright, trademark, or other laws; that is, without direct permission from the absolute source (WSD Administration or the WSD Webmaster.)

Disclaimer of Warranty / Limitation of Website Liability
Agreement: You shall agree that the use of this website is at your sole risk. The Waterford School District, its affiliates, or any other organization or members, therein, shall not incur any responsibility for your use of this website. The Waterford School District is not liable for any negative impact that is incurred to any one individual’s computer.

Limited License: The Waterford School District website, and all sub-websites are for educational use. Unless otherwise expressed, you may not modify, copy, distribute, re-distribute, transmit, display, use, publish, license, create derivative material from, transfer, or sell any information or content contained anywhere on this website or any sub-websites, via direct or indirect means.

Post of Content
The Waterford School District reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to refuse to post or remove any material submitted to, or posted on the website. Without limitation, the Waterford School District shall have the right to remove any material that the Waterford School District, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable, with regard to the standards of policies and procedures set forth by the Waterford School District Board of Education.

Modification of Terms
The Waterford School District has the right to, at any time, change, or modify the terms and conditions applicable to the use of this website and that of any sub-websites. Such changes or modifications shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by any means necessary in order to provide the most accurate and effective information possible.

Summary of Agreement
Each of the prior Terms and Conditions of Use validates the entire agreement between the Waterford School District and you, as the user or visitor of the Waterford School District website. Any changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use take affect immediately.

Contact Information
Should you have any questions, comments and/or concerns with regard to the information presented in this document or that of any other document, please direct your inquires to the webmaster at webmaster@wsdmi.org. Please allow a response time of twenty-four (24) hours.

Website Compliance

Within the Waterford School District, inclusive diversity is one of our core values. We believe in making our website easy to use for all people, including those with disabilities. A student, parent or member of the public who wishes to submit a complaint or grievance regarding a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 or Title II related to the accessibility of any official Waterford School District presence that is developed by, maintained by, or offered through the Waterford School District, third party vendors and/or open sources may do so directly to the Waterford School District webmaster. When the webmaster receives the information, they shall immediately inform the website accessibility coordinator:

Christopher Burlingame, Website Accessibility Coordinator
501 N. Cass Lake Road Waterford, MI 48328
248.673.1261 Ext: 86105
webmaster@wsdmi.org

Third Party Websites

The Waterford School District's website contains links to websites hosted by third parties. The Waterford School District does not make claims regarding the accessibility of third-party websites and is not able to make accommodations on such websites as the content is not under the Waterford School District’s control.

Report Website Compliance Issues

Website Compliance Issues Form

Social Media Terms of Use

Social Media Terms of Use

Thank you for participating in the discussions on our Facebook/Twitter (X)/Instagram/LinkedIn page(s).

As a follower of the Facebook/Twitter (X)/Instagram/LinkedIn page(s), you have the ability to post comments. Please adhere to the following guidelines when commenting:

Be courteous, productive, and exercise mutual respect for others’ opinions. Avoid comments that are profane, offensive, defamatory, negative, inappropriate or otherwise objectionable.
Do not post comments that are off-topic.
Do not post the same comment multiple times, or otherwise distribute spam.
Do not post personal information of any person other than yourself. If you choose to post your own contact information for any reason, please be aware that the information will be available to the public and is, therefore, subject to misuse.
Assume that all postings on the page will be publicly available on the Internet and therefore publicly accessible without limitation or protection of any kind.
Do not post material that promotes or advertises a commercial product, solicits business, membership, financial, or other support in any business, group, or organization, except those that are sponsored by Waterford School District.

By posting or commenting as described above, users give Waterford School District the right to remove comments for any reason, including but not limited to comments that violate these Terms of Use. Comments are also subject to Facebook's/Twitter (X)/Instagram/LinkedIn Terms of Use.

We comply with all federal and state regulations regarding the online safety and privacy of minors. We will not knowingly post, solicit, or communicate in any way through our Facebook/Twitter (X)/Instagram/LinkedIn page(s) with children under the age of 13.

Comments posted on the Facebook/Twitter (X)/Instagram/LinkedIn page(s) do not in any way reflect the opinions of Waterford School District.

Car Wash Fundraisers

WSD Public Notice - Car Wash Fundraisers

Freedom of Information Act Requests

Waterford School District supports the public's right to information regarding the affairs of Waterford School District. The information contained in this website outlines our procedures and guidelines in regard to requests for records under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

FOIA Procedures
FOIA Summary
Itemized Fee Form