Broken Arrow Schools talk about the district's drug testing policy

Fallout from a Tulsa teacher accused of selling steroids. <br/><br/>Broken Arrow Police linked Broken Arrow High School to the investigation of Scott Moody, a Webster High School teacher accused of selling

Wednesday, May 25th 2005, 10:06 am

By: News On 6

Fallout from a Tulsa teacher accused of selling steroids.

Broken Arrow Police linked Broken Arrow High School to the investigation of Scott Moody, a Webster High School teacher accused of selling illegal steroids to an undercover officer. Wednesday, Broken Arrow school officials spoke to News on 6 reporter Ashli Sims about the district's drug testing policy.

They say its one of the toughest around. BAPS spokesperson Keith Isbell: "I will put our drug testing policy up against anybody's and feel good that we're doing the right thing at this point." Broken Arrow Public Schools is defending itself after being linked to this man, former Webster High School teacher and coach Scott Moody[pictured]. Police say Moody tried to sell illegal steroids to an undercover officer.

Broken Arrow Police say they got onto Moody's trail after they questioned Broken Arrow High School students. "We're very surprised that our high school was attached to that investigation and so far we have found no evidence that our athletes are involved." Broken Arrow says they take drug use very seriously for students and student athletes. â€œWe test every single athlete for the common street drugs, which is a requirement for participating in athletics."

Broken Arrow says they don't test every athlete for steroids, but they do order tests if they suspect a student is using. The last time they tested for steroids based on a suspicion was two years ago and all three tests came back negative. â€œI think there are a handful of school districts that have a drug testing policy as stringent as ours there are even a smaller group of school districts testing on suspicion in the last few years and we're one of em."

Broken Arrow says even a first time offense will get an athlete suspended for two weeks plus two games.

The News on 6 checked with several high schools in the area about their drug testing policies. Jenks has a policy similar to Broken Arrow, they require a drug test to participate in athletics and they test for steroids based on suspicion. Tulsa Public Schools only tests based on suspicion. And Union Public Schools has a voluntary drug testing program.