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Post by twoboyzmom on Aug 12, 2015 0:12:53 GMT
Ours did up until now...they have temporarily until officially confirmed. .stopped offering it thru schools. Like its now expensive enough to add them to a policy...u have to fork out the money for drivers ed. Is this common in other areas?
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Post by beanbuddymom on Aug 12, 2015 0:15:09 GMT
No our school doesn't pay for it -Not in our district/area - we pay $500 for 30 hours of classroom and 10 hours of drive time.
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Post by padresfan619 on Aug 12, 2015 0:15:50 GMT
Schools around my area haven't had Drivers Ed in decades. Everyone has to do it on their own time and pay their own way.
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Post by twoboyzmom on Aug 12, 2015 0:16:39 GMT
And what is your average cost to add them to insurance? Lots if families can't afford both. Then that hurts the child...can't get part time job with no car and can't always get a ride...
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Post by Flowergirl on Aug 12, 2015 0:16:54 GMT
Our school district does not pay for it. Parents pay. It is offered through the school by a private company in our town and is offered fall, spring and summer sessions. I think it's about $400.
We taught DS ourselves and then used the same company the school offers to buy him a couple lessons to make sure he was ready for his road test. We're doing the same thing now with DD.
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Post by psiluvu on Aug 12, 2015 0:17:17 GMT
Parents have always paid for it here, 30 years ago when I did it and now when my dd is doing it. The class is offered at the school after hours but the school doesnt pay.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Aug 12, 2015 0:20:33 GMT
We paid for it when DS was a junior back in 2003 ~ I'm pretty sure they still don't offer it.
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Post by myshelly on Aug 12, 2015 0:20:21 GMT
In our area drivers ed has not been connected to public schools in any way since the late 80s.
Parents pay for drivers ed from a driving school. There is a classroom portion, then you take a written test at DPS to get your learners permit, then you do driving lessons in cars with the schools. The cars they use have emergency brakes on the passenger side as well as drivers side so the teacher can step in if necessary.
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Post by AnotherPea on Aug 12, 2015 0:20:57 GMT
Our schools completely paid for it until four years ago or so - but it only cost $25 then. Every year they revisit it with the state budget and there's always the threat of it not being offered through the school system.
Personally, I think there are far many more things that could be done with that money instead. You don't have to have driver's ed to get a license in my state. You just have to wait until age 18 if you don't. I'd rather see driver's ed taken away and add any number of things to the schools: an additional teaching position, books in library, more teacher computers, additions to the student computer labs, etc.
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Post by AnotherPea on Aug 12, 2015 0:22:44 GMT
And what is your average cost to add them to insurance? Lots if families can't afford both. Then that hurts the child...can't get part time job with no car and can't always get a ride... But getting a part-time job isn't something children have to do. It isn't their responsibility to earn money. Their parents should be footing the bills, not them.
If a family cannot afford to pay for insurance and driver's ed, then the child will just have to wait.
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Post by Jili on Aug 12, 2015 0:22:51 GMT
In IL, school districts are required to offer driver education. In the district where I live, the classroom portion of driver ed is required for high school graduation. That can be taken at school at no cost. However, if a teen wishes to obtain a driver license, a complete driver ed program that includes behind-the-wheel training is required by the State. That instruction can also be obtained at school, but it is not free. It costs about the same as it does for those teens who complete driver ed at one of the private training programs.
For us, it made more sense for my girls to complete the entire program privately. There's nothing wrong with the school program and it's certainly cost-competitive, but there are a lot of requirements to graduate and we felt it was better use of their time to complete other coursework during the actual school year.
My younger daughter completed the classroom instruction at the end of June, and she has her last behind-the-wheel session later this week. I'm glad that she'll have this finished.
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Post by padresfan619 on Aug 12, 2015 0:23:48 GMT
I had a part time job in high school without a car. I went to school in an area with a grocery store within walking distance, so that's where I ended up working. All that walking certainly gave me incentive to save up for my own car and drivers ed.
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Post by fuji on Aug 12, 2015 0:25:29 GMT
The classroom part was offered through school. It was a one trimester class, and they looked at the kids' birthdays to see who should take it first. I think we paid $100 for the behind-the-wheel hours. This was last year. One of the perks to a small school.  |
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Post by twoboyzmom on Aug 12, 2015 0:25:46 GMT
I had a part time job in high school without a car. I went to school in an area with a grocery store within walking distance, so that's where I ended up working. All that walking certainly gave me incentive to save up for my own car and drivers ed. Not much of an option where we live |
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Post by AnotherPea on Aug 12, 2015 0:26:40 GMT
I had a part time job in high school without a car. I went to school in an area with a grocery store within walking distance, so that's where I ended up working. All that walking certainly gave me incentive to save up for my own car and drivers ed. Not much of an option where we live Bummer.
Look at the bright side - teen not driving means fewer gray hairs!
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Post by twoboyzmom on Aug 12, 2015 0:27:20 GMT
I guess I just assumed lots of schools paid for it. If he had taken it last year, he would have had no costs. But for a few reasons he waited. He turned 16 in June and hasn't even had the classroom class.
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Post by twoboyzmom on Aug 12, 2015 0:28:10 GMT
Not much of an option where we live Bummer.
Look at the bright side - teen not driving means fewer gray hairs!
Sort of. Part of me thinks he's not mature enough. And I also hate the idea of what it costs to add to ins. But we live far from so many things so it's hard...he is home all day every day during the summer. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2015 0:30:33 GMT
No, ours doesn't offer Driver's Ed through the school. I sent both kids through a private school. It's a requirement for getting your license if you're under 18.
Best $400 I ever spent -- I got an errand runner and someone else to do pickups and dropoffs instead of always being me.
Back in the 70s when I took Driver's Ed, it was offered at the school in the evenings.
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Post by kels99 on Aug 12, 2015 0:35:04 GMT
It hasn't been connected to the schools for some time here. We paid about $400 for drivers ed for DD last year. Free insurance when she has a permit and less than I thought it was going to be once she gets her license.
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Post by PEArfect on Aug 12, 2015 0:45:02 GMT
No, our school districts don't pay for drivers ed. It's $400. Insurance? Depends on the vehicle, coverage, and boys always cost more than girls to insure.
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 12, 2015 0:45:16 GMT
No our school doesn't pay for it -Not in our district/area - we pay $500 for 30 hours of classroom and 10 hours of drive time. Ours is $400-450 depending on the company. There's also a parent taught online program ($100) available through the state, but I know few who've been successful with that. The classes fill up quickly so you have to register far in advance. It's crazy. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 12, 2015 0:50:28 GMT
Sort of.
There is a Florida Virtual Scholars (online classes) Driver's Ed class which counts for credit toward graduation that a student can take. Both of my kids did this. It was not required by either the school or by our state, but it got a little bit of a discount on our insurance-however it was paid for by the school because it was taken for credit.
I don't know about the behind the wheel portion. Neither of my kids did any kind of formal program for that, rather they did it with one of the adults in our family.
Back in the day, I did it through my school-both a class room portion and a behind the wheel portion.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Aug 12, 2015 0:53:37 GMT
Our schools offered it back in the 80's. But they no longer offer it at high school. We just had our 16 yr old do it this past winter through an outside company. Her boyfriend in another district is taking his right now from another company.
I think our dd's was in the $400. - $500. range.
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Post by christine58 on Aug 12, 2015 0:54:01 GMT
No..parents have paid for it for many years.
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Post by walkerdill on Aug 12, 2015 0:56:02 GMT
My daughter takes it on virtual school & it counts as credit towards graduation. Its not mandatory nor does it cost money. There is no behind the wheel type classes at school anymore.
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 12, 2015 0:55:56 GMT
My brother was the last class to take through the school. That was in 1990
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Post by Pahina722 on Aug 12, 2015 1:02:24 GMT
Yes, it's offered as an elective by the schools and all the cars are donated by one of the area car dealerships. Generally, coaches teach it although some schools have had fulltime driver's education teachers on staff. Even the private Catholic high school kids can take the course through the county for free. The class has both classroom and driving component.
DS took it last summer. Even with it and his good student discount, he adds a butt-ton to our insurance cost. If I remember correctly, it will be about $1200 per year, in addition to the extra $600 for adding a third car to our policy.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Aug 12, 2015 1:02:42 GMT
I would say about 90% of school districts do NOT provide drivers ed anymore. Maybe a small 10% do. Most of it is thru private companies, or done at the school during the summer or cmas break. It usually runs around 400-500$, and then there is behind the wheel hrs and cost. Some kids wait til they are 18, and just test out, so they don't need to spend the money.
Adding them to insurance can vary. Both our girls got good grades, so they got a good student discount. We live in a very small school district and very rural also.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2015 1:13:55 GMT
Our county just stopped offering it at the end of this last school year. Luckily DS turned 15 in May and got into one of the last classes offered. It was $50 for both the 30 hr class and the 10 hr driving part. I know those that did private were at least $300 each so we were glad to squeak under the wire!
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Post by nnnsmom on Aug 12, 2015 1:21:29 GMT
Back in the 80's we took drivers ed as Freshman in high school for one semester here in east Texas. DS1 is 15 now and we are doing the Parent Taught driving thru the state and an approved parent taught course that is an app on DS's iphone. The app cost $55. While I like the fact that we are teaching our child to drive, I would prefer doing it at school if we still had the option (at least the book portion and a driving simulator like we used before actually hitting the road).
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