It is predicated on the assumption that you dislike what you are doing during the most physically capable years of your life. This is a nonstarter—nothing can justify that sacrifice.
What's the worst that could happen?
If you see distraction externally, you end up creating an internally distracted state.
I have plenty of money to do what I want to do, and I have the relationships.
People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
You and your friends could plan the trip of a lifetime in 6-18 months to visit the completed school, teeming with dozens or hundreds of students who greet you with smiles and thank you letters. You'll know it's your school because your names will be on the door.