Academy Auto School

The classroom instruction was ok as was the parent class. However trying to schedule driving sessions with rude flippant employees, and then having lessons with an instructor who scared the kids and was up and down in temperament such that my child felt unsafe at times. :(
Then, the icing on the cake: We paid to have them take my daughter for her license and they actually told us that the DMV won’t pick up the phone when they see their number … what!!! Then, they told us no money back if we schedule ourselves — which we did — we had to! Just based on the manic road instruction and scheduling, I would have written a scathing review. This just puts our experience over the top!!! I have one more to send to driving school and I cannot even believe these folks are still in business. Run!!!
(did I mention that I have never written a negative review on Unilocal before?!)

What an awful experience– between the foul language used during the classes and the belittling of my child behind the wheel, we were forced to withdraw and go elsewhere for the on-​roads (with no refund, of course). These people have no business teaching ANYONE how to drive!!!

My child went to Academy Auto School and from the classroom to the rude boy who scheduled the on-​road appointments to the haphazard driving instruction, I wish we had gone elsewhere. One classroom lesson was dedicated to «how to get out of a ticket,» with the instructor boasting about her connections to the DMV and police department. Another featured a local salesman who did a presentation on how to buy a car, giving each child a coupon for $ 200 off a new car purchase at his dealership. The on-​road instruction was just as bad. Not only did their car break down twice, (with me wondering, a driving school with just ONE car?), the lessons were cut short every single time. Students are expected to complete 12 hours of driving and 6 hours of observation. We often scheduled both as one appointment, expecting that our child would drive for an hour and observe another student for an hour. Every time they went out, they returned far in advance of their scheduled time. The third-​to-​last lesson was an hour and 11 minutes (versus two hours), with our child driving for about 30 minutes and observing for about 40 minutes. I literally timed it from them leaving the house to returning back that day. The kids may think this is great, but as the parent paying the bill, I felt cheated. I have no idea how Academy Auto maintains their certification; the whole thing felt like a racket to me.