Family relocating to caribbean - with an 8 & 6y/o. Which island would be best as far as education,crime etc?

Question

Family relocating to caribbean - with an 8 & 6y/o. Which island would be best as far as education,crime etc?

Answer 1

I don't know

Answer 2

I am not sure,but I hope either you or your husband have found decent employment,unless money is not a problem! Good luck!

Answer 3

Barbados.

Our schools follow the British educational system and are on par with British schools.Our school children SURPASS kids from American schools of the same age ranges academically. Not to mention primary and secondary education here is free for public schools but private school prices are great too. There are several non-nationals living here who greatly appreciate our educational system and if they go to schools beyond the Caribbean find them lacking.

We also have the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill campus) which has three campuses. Students can study a variety of disciplines including Medicine and Law. The University offers opportunities to study abroad  with prestigious universities like Harvard, John Hopkins, Oxford  So in terms of education I recommend Barbados, Trinidad or Jamaica as students have more educational opportunities there.

In terms of crime, I would say Barbados as Trinidad and Jamaica have a much higher murder rate. I don't mean to frighten you as its highly unlikely that you would experience crime in Trinidad or Jamaica but I'm just pointing out what statistics state. Any other questions feel free to add more details.

Answer 4

Other than Puerto Rico, I would have to judge the educational system as being sub-par to the terribly deficient school system in the U.S... in other words... Almost ALL of the schools in the Caribbean ARE WORSE THAN IN THE U.S.

ALSO... the only places you can WORK in the Caribbean are Puerto Rico and the U.S.V.I.  other than that... it's NOT like moving to Iowa... those islands are SEPARTE FOREIGN COUNTRIES and they each have REQUIREMENTS for people who want to immigrate there... you DO know that... right?

AND... as if that is not enough... your children will be required to speak the LANGUAGE of the Island... and not all of them talk AmeriKan... it can be SPANISH or FRENCH or CREOLE or DUTCH or even English... so if your children don't SPEAK, READ and WRITE the language of whatever island you are moving to... they will be terribly DISADVANTAGED... because they don't have that stupid AmeriKan requirement to teach in a foreign language... your kids are either fluent in the language of the island or they will have a really hard time of it.

I live on my boat in Antigua about 7 months each year and I see Amerikans who come there thinking they are moving to live their dream of being on a Caribbean island... and suddenly realize they can't work there or live there for any number of reasons.  Most AmeriKans who live in the Caribbean are INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY and don't rely on having to work to make a living and they are welcome to live on the islands because they are giving to the local economies and not just taking from them.