Wisconsin Grant for Driver’s Education is Now Closed. Will Reopen in January.
Make sure you are on the email list with the DMV, so you receive the dates for open applications.
Families who receive free or reduced lunches can start applying at this site Wisconsin Department of Transportation Driver Education Grant Program today.
We have door to door service in selected areas, no running to a pickup and drop-off site. Our in-person class is hands on, not book and worksheet and students love to come to class. We are also not at the schools as our methods require space and props to help students understand the purpose of the techniques and our building and property is set up for this task. This is why we are on the city bus route for students to get to us. Our internet instruction is the best in the country through Teach Safe. We also give the State DMV written test to all of our under 18 students if they so choose, so visits to the DMV are short and families are not waiting for a computer to take the written test at the DMV. We also never ask our students to fill out reviews of our competitors, as they believe this is a good business strategy to trick families into going with them as their training methods are inferior to Decker’s Driving Academy. We are the leader in drivers’ education in the area, and our students are second to no one when driving in our communities. Come and experience the difference, you will be glad you did. Students can now also take the State test at home for a $10 fee through the Wisconsin DMV website.
Attention Right of Way Students
If you would like to take the course and have this removed from your driving record but do not have a computer for the online instruction. We can help with this by letting you use one of our laptops here at the office, call to set up an appointment. 715-675-5359
Payment Information
- Full Credit Card Payment During Registration: If you wish to pay for the entire course up front via credit card, select the “Credit Card” option at the end of registration to pay in full.
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- Note – ALL Credit Card transactions will be assessed a 3.1% processing fee.
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- Full Cash/Check Payment After Registration: If you wish to pay the full course fee via cash or check, select the “Cash” or “Check” option at the end of registration, and pay the full amount to Decker’s Driving Academy.
- Payment Installment Plan: If you wish to pay in installments, select the “Cash” option when completing registration. Then, from the student or parent account, locate the Outstanding Balance amount and click the “View / Make Payments” button.
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- If you wish to pay the first installment via credit card, select ‘Make a Payment’ and enter the first installment amount, i.e. $180.50. (This would be $175.00 plus $5.50 for credit card fee.)
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- If you wish to pay the first installment via cash or check, after registration pay the first installment to Decker’s Driving Academy. The first installment is considered due immediately after you sign up for the class.
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CONGRATULATIONS
TO OUR SAFE NEW DRIVER’S
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Alania Armstrong Home School
Chloe Bucki W.A.V.E.
Owen Cronce Wausau East High School
Trenten Draeger Marathon High School
Addison France Newman High School
Thomas Gagnon Wittenberg/Birnamwood High School
Anna Gerrish Wausau East High School
Danielle Fuchs Wausau West High School
Benjamin Hoelter Wausau East High School
Alyssa Hunt W.A.V.E.
Emma Lorrain Newman High School
Summer Lo Wausau East High School
Braiden Nelson Merrill High School
Taelyn Rennie Marathon High School
Elsa Schwantes Home Schooled
Kate Sewell Wausau East High School
Sophie Strobel Wausau East High School
Hannah Thao Wausau West High School
Sonia Thoune Wausau West High School
Elaina Xiong Wausau East High School
Rachel Ziebell Home Schooled
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Ahnen Cihlar Mosinee High School
Cameren Bishman Wausau East High School
Lyllian Dunn NTC Alternative
Cauvin Ellis Faith Christian Academy
Kourtney Hansen NTC Alternative
Ethan Johnson Wausau West High School
Joseph Krueger Merrill High School
Zachary Martin Home Schooled
Maddison Modrzejewski D.C. Everest High School
Matthias Nikolai Newman High School
Natalie Ostrowski Northland High School
Cameren Raduechel Wausau West High School
Wil Raduechel Wausau West High School
Natalie Rose W.A.V.E.
Lora Ross Wausau East High School
Sarah St. Vincent Wausau East High School
Eli Schmitz D.C. Everest High School
Amilia Shellenberger Wausau East High School
Mason Solchenberger Wausau East High School
Chase Stieber Merrill High School
Kaiden Tahiro Wausau East High School
Mick Thomas Wausau East High School
Arianna Willett Wausau West High School
Connor Wittry Wausau West High School
Peter Yang Wausau West High School
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Alania Armstrong Home School
Chloe Bucki W.A.V.E.
Owen Cronce Wausau East High School
Trenten Draeger Marathon High School
Addison France Newman High School
Thomas Gagnon Wittenberg/Birnamwood High School
Anna Gerrish Wausau East High School
Danielle Fuchs Wausau West High School
Benjamin Hoelter Wausau East High School
Alyssa Hunt W.A.V.E.
Emma Lorrain Newman High School
Summer Lo Wausau East High School
Braiden Nelson Merrill High School
Taelyn Rennie Marathon High School
Elsa Schwantes Home Schooled
Kate Sewell Wausau East High School
Sophie Strobel Wausau East High School
Hannah Thao Wausau West High School
Sonia Thoune Wausau West High School
Elaina Xiong Wausau East High School
Rachel Ziebell Home Schooled
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Ahnen Cihlar Mosinee High School
Cameren Bishman Wausau East High School
Lyllian Dunn NTC Alternative
Cauvin Ellis Faith Christian Academy
Kourtney Hansen NTC Alternative
Ethan Johnson Wausau West High School
Joseph Krueger Merrill High School
Zachary Martin Home Schooled
Maddison Modrzejewski D.C. Everest High School
Matthias Nikolai Newman High School
Natalie Ostrowski Northland High School
Cameren Raduechel Wausau West High School
Wil Raduechel Wausau West High School
Natalie Rose W.A.V.E.
Lora Ross Wausau East High School
Sarah St. Vincent Wausau East High School
Eli Schmitz D.C. Everest High School
Amilia Shellenberger Wausau East High School
Mason Solchenberger Wausau East High School
Chase Stieber Merrill High School
Kaiden Tahiro Wausau East High School
Mick Thomas Wausau East High School
Arianna Willett Wausau West High School
Connor Wittry Wausau West High School
Peter Yang Wausau West High School
Don’t be Fooled by Reviews
- Reviews on the internet can offer insight to products and services that a person is looking for and sometimes that can be a real benefit, but that can also be very unfair when people get vindictive because they feel an injustice has been committed when there hasn’t. Yes, there are people who think by yelling and cursing they will get better service, and nobody should have to put up with this kind of rudeness. Bonnie, my mom, answers our phones when I am out teaching in the car or in the classroom, and she loves talking to people and your students. She does not do well with people who are yelling and cursing as many of us do not. She is 82 and loves to help us out when we are busy but comes from a generation that you treat people like you would want to be treated. There are 3 reviews of Decker’s Driving Academy from 3 people all of the same family and google, yelp, bbb, and chamber of commerce here in Wausau have taken down our replies to the daughter and father and will not give us reasons why. They wanted their high anxiety daughter to have ALL 6 lessons right after she completed the class, I don’t know where they thought this was going to happen as this is not the structure we have for driving behind-the-wheel. Because final exams were approaching in the high schools, I had spoken with the student that we would wait until finals were oven to begin her lessons and she agreed and thank me for understanding this. Fast forward 2 weeks and the parents did not want to wait and wanted the 6 lessons ASAP, upset, angry, started taking this out on Bonnie. Now, this student’s anxiety was so severe that she came to class crying for 20 to 30 minutes after class started for over a week and nobody in the family bothered to tell us anything, they just dropped and left, sorry, I am not a therapist. She later on even asked me if she could bring her stuffed animals in the car, I responded sure, if you would like. Then asked if she could put them on the dash, and I responded, no, I don’t think so. Now, these kinds of people are the ones who are leaving reviews to discredit businesses because they feel they call the shots. They really don’t seem like parent material so why do people put any merit on their review. I had their daughter laughing and enjoying coming to class and this is the thanks Decker’s Driving Academy gets. 3 reviews that tell people how horrible we are, review companies who take down our responses and never respond to questions on why this was done. No Attorneys who want to take these people to court as this is slander. We have a local driving school having their students writing bad reviews about us to deceive the people of Wausau and Everest to have them look away from us, and I have the proof of this happening along with depositions from students and families on this happening. Case and point, I guess nobody cares. Isn’t it ironic people look at reviews but don’t care if they are deceitful, incorrect or are just a bold face lie. Remember when reading a review if a person does not put their name on it, it is probably an untruth. The ones that are signed by the person without some internet code name, are probably more truthful then the unsigned. I am saying this, so future drivers are not mis-lead by businesses who are only looking out for their pocketbook, or because they have an inferior program, and I know that we are very, very good at what we do. Many, many families and students are very happy with the instruction they have received and services we provide. We do not ask our students to fill out reviews because, again, that can be deceitful, and many of our good reviews have been torn down by the review companies. My question is, why can people write reviews about us, but our competitors have nothing for people to leave reviews about them? I asked this to the 4 mentioned earlier, and all 4 do not have an answer for this, claiming they have not broken any of their conditions. Isn’t a lie a condition? The community asked me to open in 2005 and again in 2023 because of the bad instruction students were getting here in the county of Marathon, if you are new to the area we have our graduated students listed, ask one of them what they thought, you may be surprised.