Ad Partners Agreement

The PVSchools Ad Partners Program allows for electronic advertising within digital systems that are controlled by the PVSchools Marketing and Communications Department (ParentSquare). This program observes a summer blackout period that begins on the last day of school and ends 1 week before the first day of school.

In exchange for displaying ads within PVSchools as part of this program, the ad partner must provide payment prior to approval.

Check or Money Order: Payment of appropriate fees payable to Paradise Valley Unified School District. The Ad Partner fee for three advertisements per year is $200 (this fee is waived for non-profit organizations).

*PVSchools does not auto-dial, text, mail, e-mail, or directly distribute physical or digital flyers to individual students, parents, or families as part of the Ad Partners Program. PVSchools parents, guardians, high school students, and staff may elect to see new ads in the Ad Partners section of the PVSchools ParentSquare system. Physical paper flyers are not routinely distributed in PVSchools, except for approved non-profit physical flyers). 

Terms and conditions

• Blackout Period: This program observes a summer blackout period that begins on the last Friday of school and ends 1 week before the first day of school. 
• Artwork Size: Electronic ad artwork must be no larger than 5MB. Artwork should be 16:9 or banner-sized, and to comply more easily with ADA compliance guidelines, artwork should not contain words other than business or organization names. Written copy is added to the post along with the ad artwork.
• Check or Money Order: Ad partners must submit payment prior to any ad placements.
• Expiration: Date-specific ads will be removed following the conclusion of the event. The district will also remove all ad partner materials of partners who have failed to comply with this agreement, district policy, and district procedures.
• Submissions: Ad partners may submit up to three ads per school year. If a new ad is submitted, the older ad will be removed from display. To submit a new ad, applicants will submit another application, acknowledging the terms and conditions. There is no proofreading step after submitting the application, so please make sure to check that your provided information is accurate.
• Disclaimer: The PVSchools disclaimer must be included on all advertisements submitted for approval. While PVSchools will add the digital disclaimer to digital ads, non-profit ad partners must include the required disclaimer on all physical advertisements (flyers). The required disclaimer can be found at the bottom of this page.
• Non-Profit Organizations: Verified Non-profit ad partners can display physical paper flyers in elementary and middle schools at the discretion of the site principal following this Ad Partner approval process. Physical flyers will not be distributed or displayed during the blackout period. Printing and delivery of physical flyers to school lobbies is the responsibility of the ad partner. School display flyers must be one page unless otherwise approved; single-sided per language or include English and Spanish. Advertisements must be provided in both English and Spanish (English on one side of a printed ad and Spanish on the other, or a single page ad that includes both English and Spanish). If a non-profit organization would like to provide separate English and Spanish ads, it will count toward two of their ads for the year. In this case, four advertisements per year would be permitted. The district disclaimer must be included on all ads submitted for approval and displayed in schools. Removal of expired advertisements is required and is the responsibility of the ad partner. Non-compliance may result in the termination of the Ad Partner agreement.
• Application Approvals: Ad Partner applications are processed in the order they are received. Organizations that meet all required criteria, including being a business or organization that is not operated out of a household and is not advertising a service that is in competition with a district program. Once approved, PVSchools staff will reach out to the applicant. Only complete applications will be considered for approval.
• Web Content Accessibility and Translation Requirements: PVSchools is fully committed to making all content (including ad partner material) accessible for those who speak a language other than English and for persons with disabilities by adhering to the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and translation best practices. As such, ad artwork or images provided as part of this agreement must not include text, unless as part of a logo. Images should be used to call attention to the ad information, not to convey that information. Images with text will not be accepted.