Marilyn Skipper a Pre-kindergarten 3 teacher at Lackland Elementary on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, decorates her classroom bulletin board Aug. 17 in preparation for the upcoming school year. Classes are scheduled to begin on base Aug. 27. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

Leonorilda Carrillo prepares the Stacey Junior/Senior High school's cafeteria menu board Aug. 20. Permission was granted on Aug. 16 for off-base military children to attend Lackland ISD schools because of declining enrollment numbers due to North Wherry housing closure. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

While shopping for school supplies at the Lackland Air Force Base main base exchange Aug. 20, Sarah Berry, 8, and her mother, retired Senior Master Sgt. Reda Berry, get a laugh from the "Boys are Smelly" notebook. The Lackland ISD schools open their doors for the 2007-08 school year Aug. 27. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)