any child's educational performance such as divorce, and relocation, there are some that are systemic with military children. Relocation is frequent and parents may be deployed from home. A study was done focusing on parental absences during the time of the military deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan between 2002 and 2005. The study reports the adverse effects of deployment especially with long deployments or deployments that occur during the month of academic testing. Effects can continue and can be detrimental for children's academic achievements. Districts For the European branch of DoDDS, there are three districts: Europe East – headquartered at Kaiserslautern – 35 schools across Germany Europe West – headquartered at Brussels – 20 schools in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands Europe South – headquartered at Vicenza – 21 schools in Bahrain, Italy, Spain, and Turkey The Pacific branch, officially DoDDS-Pacific/DDESS-Guam, has three DoDDS districts and one DDESS district: Pacific West District – headquartered in Seoul – 10 schools Pacific East District – headquartered at Yokota Air Base in the Japan – 21 schools Pacific South District – headquartered at Kadena Air Base in the Japan – 17 schools Schools Miscellaneous The Kaiserslautern District has the most DoDDS schools worldwide, and serves over 5,000 students. Beginning with the 2007–08 school year, Kaiserslautern High School merged with a neighboring elementary school. Students from Landstuhl Middle School and other students living in select areas were redistricted to Kaiserslautern starting with the 2008–09 school year. Current elementary students will attend Vogelweh Elementary. Therefore, KHS's student population will increase from 650 students to about 900. For every sports season, the schools compete in the DoDDS Championship, held at various locations. See also Military brat (U.S. subculture) Bavaria District (DoDDS-Europe) Department of Defense Education Activity List of schools in United States territories External links DoDEA official website DoDEA Europe website DoDEA Pacific website Europe West District (Formerly Isles DSO) Europe East District (Formerly Kaiserslautern DSO) Europe South District (Formerly Vicenza DSO) American Overseas Historical Society website Notes Department of Defense Education Activity Installations of the U.S. Department of Defense