Meet Lester, Pamela, Tamela, and James Brooks of Amazing A+ Driving School

Today we’d like to introduce you to Lester, Pamela, Tamela, and James Brooks.

Lester, Pamela, Tamela, and James, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
In 2010, two friends were talking about opening up a driving school for teens. The friend’s wives were ready to assist in this endeavor by taking care of the things we know men overlook or don’t have patience with such as paperwork, deadlines, license renewal… one wife, Pamela, began moving the process along by creating a name and getting a DBA with all participants involved. Shortly afterwards, Mr. Brooks and I began Phase I of III in Sugar Land, Texas. Later, I continued Phase II and III of the process alone with going through a minor sickness.

April 2012, I was ready to open up our driving school with me as the instructor and driver. I hired a young lady to take care of the business side and off we went to a new business in the city of Crosby. Now, we are servicing the North Shore, C.E King and Crosby areas for classes and 50+ mile radius for the DPS driving test.

We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc. – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
Anything good is never a smooth road. Our journey from training to the opening of our school with students was an 18-month ride. As the first instructor of the school, I would travel daily leaving Crosby, Texas at 3 pm preparing to arrive in Sugar Land, Texas for a 5:30 – 9:30 class. After many months of travel and training, I was able to open up our school in April 2012 with classes ranging from 20-25 students. Our classes were fun however, our procedure in scheduling drive times was not. Students would say that they scheduled a drive, wouldn’t show up or denied scheduling or canceling. It was a nightmare. Now, we have adopted a program that we have been using which students have to schedule or cancel drives as well as keeping up with the 30 hour drives the parents must complete with their child. Our struggles have created opportunities for us to grow in all areas.

So, as you know, we’re impressed with Amazing A+ Driving School – tell our readers more, for example, what you’re most proud of as a company and what sets you apart from others.
Amazing A+ Driving School #C2677 specialize in Teen and Adult 32 Hour course and seven hours of in-car instruction. Adult Driver’s Education 6 hour course and in-car instruction, Minor’s in Possession Course for students who are court appointed, Drugs and Alcohol Driving Awareness Program 6 hour program for TEENS who will also receive six hours of community service. This sets us apart from many driving schools as well as we are certified to administer the DPS Driving Test to Teens and Adults. We are also proud of our school because 80% of our teachers are Texas Certified Educators. We are able to meet the needs of all students and teach all modalities. Our teachers are certified in special education, gifted and talented, elementary, physical education, language arts, and English as a Second Language as well as Drivers Education, Drugs and Alcohol Driving Awareness and DPS.

We have classes in the following schools: North Shore 10th Grade School in Galena Park ISD and C.E.King High School in Sheldon ISD looking to expand in other schools soon.

So, what’s next? Any big plans?
We are constantly wanting to make changes to increase our exposure. We are planning to expand our business to local schools and we are  planning to have  several “off-premises” locations for the DPS Driving Test for Teens and Adults. We are also expanding our business by offering online defensive driving, online parent taught and teen and adult online courses.

Pricing:

• DPS Driving Test for Teens and Adults $100

Contact Info:

• Address: 105-5 Kennings Dr.
  Crosby, Texas 77532
• Website: www.amazingdriving.com
• Phone: 281-328-1356
• Email: amazingaplusdriving@gmail.com
• Instagram: Amazing Driving
• Facebook: Amazing A+ Driving

Image Credit:
Terence Green

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