Steroid testing

Sixty-three Lee High and 27 Lee Freshmen student athletes underwent steroid testing recently as part of UIL guidelines calling for random testing of student athletes from ninth to 12th grade for steroid use.

According to a Midland ISD news release, the students were selected through a double-blind random selection process conducted by the National Center for Drug Free Sport and approved by UIL.

UIL requires school district officials to withhold information about the testing as part of the testing guidelines.

Lee High principal Stephanie Howard said the students were "well-behaved" during the process.

"The officials from Drug Free Sport commented that the testing at Lee High School was the most organized they have seen," Howard said.

As part of the two-year testing program, UIL officials plan to randomly test up to 50,000 student athletes - males and females - across the state by June 2009.