When visiting a Prince William County Public School or facility, all visitors, including parents, community members, volunteers, and school division employees not regularly assigned to the facility, must report to the main office/entrance, provide valid government-issued identification, and state the purpose of their visit.
Acceptable forms of identification include:
All visitors must wear their identification badge visibly. Upon completing their visit, they must return the badge and collect their photo ID before leaving. Each facility has procedures to inform visitors and staff about the badge requirement.
Law enforcement officers and other emergency service providers (e.g., firefighters, EMS), when in uniform and/or prominently displaying their badge of authority, are not required to obtain a visitor's badge or surrender an ID, as their identity is clear. Law enforcement officers and other emergency service providers must sign in on the "Visitor Sign-In Log," except in emergency situations.
Please view Regulation 926-1, "Visitor Identification," for additional questions regarding visitor identification requirements.
Prince William County Public Schools uses a Visitor Identification System (VIS) to monitor visitors and identify registered sex offenders.
Adults convicted of a sexually violent crime who are on school property are in violation of the Virginia Code § 18.2-370.5, and will be reported to the police.
Individuals with disabilities are welcome to be accompanied by a service animal in all areas of the school building and to all activities (where participants in such activities are allowed to go). Pets are not permitted in school buildings or to attend school activities. See Regulation 271-1, “Animals in the School Setting,” for more information.
Regulation 926-1, "Visitor Identification," requires that schools collect and keep visitor IDs, which are returned when the visitor leaves the building.
To ensure that visitors possess their ID before the last administrator leaves, schools make every effort to return those IDs to visitors shortly before the administrator who has access to IDs leaves. Visitors should continue to wear the visitor badge while still in the building.
Please call Security and Crisis Readiness at 703-791-7206 if you have any questions.