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COMMUNITY EDUCATION DRIVING SCHOOL
PROVIDING QUALITY DRIVING INSTRUCTION TO
STUDENTS IN ACTON AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES
* Lowest Price Around
* Now Reserve Driving Times Online at your Convenience!
WINTER 2012 CLASSES IN ACTON
Held in HS Room #184W
DE#195 Monday amd Wednesday
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Begins January 23rd
DE#196 Tuesday and Thursday
2:30-4:30 p.m.
Begins January 24th
FEE: $400/$450 non-A-B Resident includes:
30 hour classroom
12 hour observation
12 hour on-road
2 hour parent meeting
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NEW SESSION!!
DE#197 Sunday Afternoons
3:00-7:00 p.m.
Begins January 29th
Fee: $500/$550 non A-B Resident
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**** Students must be 16 by March 23,
2012 ****
In person registration for Acton & Boxborough students will take place at the Community Education Office, 15 Charter Road, on
Thursday, September
January 5th at 7:30 a.m.
Phone and mail-in registration will take
place on January 6th on a space available basis.
Please note: RMV Law states that parents MUST attend a mandatory meeting to discuss requirements of both student and parents. You will have a choice of two meeting times: Tuesday, January 17th or Wednesday, January 18th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in HS#184W.
The State of Massachusetts requires that students attend all class sessions. In the event of a missed class, the class missed must be made up (so, if you miss Class #5, you must make up Class #5). If a student misses more than two classes, Community Education will charge a $100 fee.
After registering for Driver Education, parents/students will have 24 hours to withdraw from the class and receive a 100% refund. A 90% refund will be given if withdrawal is done two full business days prior to the start of class. Please call with any questions.
Note to Parents:
At A-B Community Education, our goal is to create safe, confident drivers equipped with skills to last a lifetime.
We are committed to our mission of producing safe drivers, but we can't do it alone. Parent involvement and support is not only vital to the creation of good drivers, it is required by law. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires 40 hours of parent supervised driving as part of the licensing process. A parent/guardian is required to attest to the parent supervised hours when a student applies for a license test.
Like any skill, practice is required between lessons. We recommend each student drive with a parent for a minimum of 2 hours each week. This will enable the driver and parent to complete the 40 hour parent requirement within the 6 month state required time.
In our program we hope that students will have some road experience with a parent/guardian before they attend their first driving lesson in the car with one of our instructors. Ideally, students will have driven for 2 hours on the road or for 6 hours in a parking lot.
Please note: Because practice is necessary to produce a skilled, confident driver, we do not schedule drivings closer than every third day. This way new drivers have time to practice between sessions with our instructors and reinforce the skills they are learning during each instructor-led session. Also, we strongly recommend that the final instructed drive be as close to the end of the 6 month waiting period as possible so the teacher's instructions are still fresh in the student's mind when they take their driving test with the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
Also, we want to highlight our policy which requires students to have a partner when signing up for driving times. This policy is designed to ensure the safety of students and driving instructors. If you have any questions or would like more information regarding this policy, please call Rich Dushanek at 978-266-2525.