Carroll Watkins Driving School

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Class room portion is fine, but they pack the room wall to wall with students. They accept way more students than they can accomodate driving time for. They post a 1 week schedule each Tuesday and the times fill up in less than 5 minutes. We are now almost to his birthday and he still needs to drive sessions. I have called several times and they aknowledge that they do not ahve enough drivers and that this has been a long standing problem during the 9 months of the school year. They are not looking to hire more drivers or solve the problem. Their repsonse was people can just catch up during the summer months. I called in May and discussed that we have struggled for the last 6 months and the owner's response was, "You should have scheduled a dirving session the week of Christmas. I had to send drivers home that week." ???? If I had known how big a problem getting a drive time was, I would have sent my son to a different school or gone the parent taught route. Word to the wise - ask about their drivers and drive tiem availability before giving them your money.

A little expensive, not very convenient. Biggest complaint is that drive times (two hours at a time) can only be scheduled once every 13 days during the school year. Our teen needs 7 hours so it will take two months to complete her driving requirement. Frankly, she has learned more on her own with the license manual and from her parents. She hasn't learned how to drive, but her instructor has told enough horror stories that now she doesn't want to. Not a completely bad experience, but FAR from a good one. For what they charge, it should be a stellar experience!