Mike send nice enough to your face but didn't mention he was 2 months behind on getting kids their…read moredriving hours until after the course was complete and payed for. Three months have passed since my son took his course and I have had to chase him down to get him scheduled. He will not respond to messages and they turn the phone off at the office a lot so you can't get through. when I told him a little communication would help, he cut me off and said "well I worked 100 hours last week so how does this day sound?" I was more than understanding that he is understaffed but when you pay $700 for a course and have to chase him down to get what you payed for it's upsetting. Kids in my son's school took the course after he did and were scheduled their hours before he was. I am a very patient, understanding person. This is simply unacceptable that he continues scheduling classes that he can't keep up with.

Instructor was very unprofessional an used constant profanity and at times, spoke with racism, the…read moreclassroom smelled strongly of cigarette smoke. Teacher was extremely rude while student was driving. He would talk about beating people up, and would complain about everything, but whenever the student would ask what to do, he would act like they should already know what road they should take, when to park, etc. He was overall very rude. He also let people get away with cheating, and would give his favorite students the answers on the permit test. NOT FAIR AT ALL.

Everyone I dealt with bent over backwards to be helpful and were as pleasant as they could be. The…read moredriving instructor Matt, was particularly supportive of my granddaughter, both before and after her driving test. I would highly recommend Roy's Driving Academy to anyone who asked....Janet Hanscom

This place has been around forever. Rumor has it that Mr. Bair taught Ben Franklin how to parallel…read morepark. Seriously though, there's a reason why they've lasted so long, and keep running a successful school, and that is consistency. Twenty years apart, my son and his mother both attended Bair's, and both had the same impressions - how they learned a lot and were kept engaged in class (which is no small feat considering the subject matter), and how both really enjoyed driving different kinds of vehicles, and getting the different perspectives and philosophies of different instructors. These people obviously care about how our kids drive after classes Are long over and done with, and as the parent of a teen in today's world, I appreciate that. All the schools appear to cost right around the same price, but this one in my opinion, has stood the test of time by just being better. Again, that is just my opinion.

Kids are packed into a tiny room like sardines with an…read moreinstructor who has no people skills. After one class I asked for a refund because stupidly I had paid in full. I was told one price when I had called the school but then the instructor calls and gives a different price saying the price went up with this class. Save yourself the headache and money and don't send your kids to this school.

Mr.Soucie has truly been one of the worst teachers and gave me and my peers, who have had him an…read moreawful and stressful learning experience. This class has been the worst learning experience of my life. Mr. Soucie has shown a pattern of disrespect and insensitivity to many students, and everyone I've talked to has confirmed his abrasive personality. At many of my lessons, I have had panic attacks in the car because of the stressful environment he creates. I have also cried before and after lessons because of the harsh criticism he gave. He even said once that I needed to redeem myself before my next drive. This stressed me out because there was nothing I could do between then and my next drive to improve, since I couldn't drive on my own. This is also a flaw in his grading system, because we do all our learning with him. He also only focuses on the negative parts of your driving, never complimenting or recognizing anything that you do correctly. While I do understand that criticism is a great way to learn, it can be extremely discouraging if that is all that you hear. Another overwhelming part of Mr. Soucie's teaching style is the running commentary he makes you say. He makes you say every sign that you see, that you're checking your mirrors every five to eight seconds, where and what you're looking at, what snipers and chargers are there (other cars), and more. This is extremely distracting when you're trying to focus on a new and scary thing. He made me feel bad for not saying everything, while I was already so overwhelmed. His other teaching methods, such as snapping at the turning and recovery points of a turn is also very distracting and intimidating to his students. Mr. Soucie also never taught me how to park. I feel that I was not given the necessary tools and information I need to drive safely. I would never recommend A-1 Driving school to anyone who asks my opinion on where they should go to drivers ed.