Using Microsoft Office across Airport

We recently switched back to using Microsoft Office as our main publication software at our school (were on Appleworks and iWork). Office works fine and quick with any hard wired computers when the students log in, but when they go to the laptop it takes 15-20+ minutes for Office to open.
Is this an Airport issue or where can I turn to find a solution so we can get the kids productive on the laptops.
Thanks

Microsoft Office uses Server Message Block (SMB) protocol when communicating over a network, regardless of whether the network is wired (Ethernet) or wireless. SMB, by design, is very "chatty" and carries a fairly large overhead...which tends to degrade performance with an increase in network nodes.
I am assuming that each of the student's computers have Microsoft Office installed on their local hard drive and that they need to access Office documents from a file server or some other network device like a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device.
You've posted in the AirPort Express Discussions area, so I will also assume that your wireless network has one or more AirPort Express Base Stations (AX). If you have more than one, are they configured in either a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) or a "roaming" network? Is this just a Local Area Network (LAN) or part of a larger Wide Area Network (WAN) that the school uses?
Since you're experiencing problems when using wireless, it is very possible that you may have some form of Wi-Fi interference in the immediate area that is preventing your AX(s) from getting a good clean signal.
I suggest you perform a simple site survey, using utilities like the following to determine potential areas of interference, and then, try to either eliminate or significantly reduce them where possible:
For Macs:
o KisMAC
o MacStumbler
o iStumbler, or
o IPNetMonitorX
For PCs:
o NetStumbler
o WiFi Hopper
o WiFi Owl
o WiFi Manager

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