Each summer freshmen athletes are drug tested by the deans office. The school, after the students’ freshman year, continue to have surprise drug test done on athletes, as well as students who purchased a parking pass.

Colleges expect their students to be well educated inside and outside of school so they can be focused on their game. Athletes get drug tested to ensure they are not cheating themselves and other teams.

“I think athletes are of higher concern because they can be screened for PED’s as well as the drugs that others use. I do believe there should be surprise tests done during sophomore and senior year to all students,” said ACHS senior Brandon Burpo.

ACHS is consistently compared to other schools based on students’ academic and athletic successes. School and district administration want to strive for excellence, which would lead the administrators to care about what student athletes are doing outside of school.

“Instead of doing drugs with your friends on the weekend, the administrators would much rather you go to the library and do a group study on your previous class discussion,” Burpo said.

Others believe the school should not care what students are doing after school.

“Drug tests shouldn’t be done, unless some athlete decides to start applying for sport scholarships. There’s no point in testing random students otherwise,” said senior Amanda Spooner.

Drugs are prohibited on the school campus, and any issues will be investigated.

“Steroids and performance enhancing drugs are used with athletes for an advantage, and I don’t believe they should be taking advantage of other team’s skills. I think the rule is fair because we do drug test students who purchase a parking pass. We do surprise tests during the mid-seasons of sports. In fact, we have already begun surprise drug tests on the football players,” said ACHS security guard Noel Working.