Student registration services for students in special categories — students whose native language is not English; foreign students; students whose natural or legally adoptive parent do not live in Fairfax County; tuition-paying students; and students in foster care — entering Fairfax County Public Schools will be available at five centers throughout Fairfax County beginning Aug. 4 and running through Sept. 12. All other students should register at their neighborhood schools.
Registration centers will be open at the following locations Aug. 4-25, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.:
* Fairfax Human Resources Center, 6245 Leesburg Pike, Suite 300, Falls Church.
* Fairfax Education Association, 3917 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax.
Registration centers will be open at the following locations Aug. 4-25, Monday, noon-8 p.m., and Tuesday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.:
* Devonshire Center, 2831 Graham Road, Falls Church.
* Herndon Neighborhood Resource Center, 1086 Elden St., Suite 106, Herndon.
* South County Government Center, 8350 Richmond Highway, Alexandria.
All five centers will be open from Sept. 2-12, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
TO ENROLL A STUDENT, the following will be required:
* The presence of a natural or adoptive parent, a photo ID of the parent may be required;
* Birth certificate;
* Proof of residency in Fairfax County, generally a lease or deed;
* Social Security number, requested;
* Transfer slip or report card from the previous school and/or original transcripts;
* Certificate of a physical examination within the last 12 months by a licensed physician for students in grades kindergarten through sixth and for all foreign students regardless of grade level;
* Evidence of a negative tuberculin test or a normal chest X-ray administered within 90 days for all students who have resided in a foreign country, except Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand, during the last three years for a consecutive period of at least five months; and
* Evidence of other required immunization. Virginia law requires every new student to be immunized against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps and rubella or to provide statements from a doctor explaining why the DPT and/or MMR immunization was not given. Students born on or after Jan. 1, 1994, are required to have been immunized with the hepatitis B vaccine, HBV. Students lacking required documentation of immunizations will be barred from attendance. Objections based on religious grounds may be discussed with the local principal.