A little less than half way is the "school" where I drop off 4 of our neighbor kids, and I put "school" in quotes because it is barely that. There are not enough students in that location for the government to justify getting committed teachers and make the facility proper. Based on what we heard about this school, the teachers rarely show if there is even a drop of rain, and when they do show up, they mostly play on their phones, and it seems very little education is going on there. It's not impossible to buy affordable land in some areas of the country, but I must admit most of the country is one big rice field void of trees and full of plastic trash fires. The air quality and scenery were the big draws that sent us to this part of the country, but almost everywhere with tourism potential already has inflated real estate markets.
We're rolling the dice here on some level, but the Thai border is on 28km away, and the border near us has never been an international crossing, but that is set to change before the end of this year. If/when the border crossing with Thailand becomes an international one, we'll be in a very good position here, and it's crazy how fast population centers can grow here when there's some kind of economic reason.
From the Thai border to Pursat, the provincial capital here, there is only one road for a few hundred kilometers, and we happen to score land on it. Within a year of the international border crossing completion, it's likely we'll have a decent school nearby and/or the crappy one that's not so far will be improved enough for us to send the kids there.
Until then though, I can't disagree with you, I've been burning the candle at both ends, and it's already taking it's toll on me. I've also thought about starting some kind of English school here in the village, and a project like this could potentially lure a Khmer teacher here to make it a joint Khmer/English curriculum private school. Our little Airbnb cabin project will be the economic driver for anything that may happen, so it's vital we complete it ASAP, but life always throws a wrench into well-laid plans.