Hello from Lexington, SC

Hello everyone..First of all, I'm new on here and just want to introduce myself a little. First of all, I'm married, with kids, I'm at a dead end job, I'm a wannabe trucker and I'm from Lexington, SC

I have done a good bit of research on truck schools, and companies that offer CDL training and have come to realize that I think I have found out that there are no companies that I want to get stuck with just to obtain my CDL, but I have found a school in the upper part of the state called Greenville Technical College. From what I have read about this school and others is that this particular school is the cheapest and best around here. Actually highly recommended. Out of all the schools and companies that I have called about, this school and Con-Way are the only ones that have returned my calls but havent tried to "sell" themselves. Thats always a good sign imo. Anyways, I'm signing up with this school and plan on starting on March 5 of 2012.

I am wanting to get a few more ideas and advise on this school in the meantime and I also want to get some ideas on housing while I'm in school (9 Weeks). As I mentioned earlier, I have kids and I am married, so I am not wanting to uproot the family and move upstate just for 2 months. My main question regarding housing is, is there housing available in the area that I can qualify for? Are there hotels that offer discounted rates for students? I talked an instructor up there and he did not know of any besides the ones for students that are in school fulltime. Can anyone give me some advise on how to handle this? I really dont want to yank the kids out of school in the middle of the school year just to move up there for 2 months or permantly. I do not want to spend the gas money to go back and forth except for maybe the weekends. Has anyone gone through this and have any advise or know of any funded programs that could help me out?

Thank you in advance for any ideas or advise that you have.

BTW, I posted this same exact post somewhere else on here, not sure where, before I got an automatic response telling to introduce myself here.

 

Thanks ya'll...I'm going to start calling around to the hotels and see if they offer discounts..I hope they do.

Got any ideas on a good company to get with around this area once I finish school?? They say several companies will call or come by, but it'll probably be the usual suspects like swift, etc..

 

Another question...Is Greenville Tech a school that can give their own CDL test..(3rd party)? Or will I have to pay for my own testing once I complete the school?

I just thought about this and nobody is answering the phone this morning..