A timely post. We were talking with some friends who live in Howard Country just this past weekend. They are all planning to leave. It seems that the school system, which has had a good reputation, is a magnet for foreigners.
The school system is a myth. No better than any other. The main reason it’s “better” is because of the demographics - affluent or at least well-off people of professional calibre tend to congregate here.
Take it from my mom, a teacher here almost from the time she moved here for 20 years - back in the “old days”. And I’m a student alumna here, as are my elder siblings. Even back then they were forced into a LOUSY Kolumbia school. We can vouch there are at least 2 Kolumbia high schools that are and have been lousy all their lives; the others are overrated.