Cheating Scandal at Los Altos High

With Maddie's presentation on cheating, I feel like I need to share this experience that happened just a few weeks ago. In my calculus class, we are allowed to take make up tests if we weren't there the day of the test. One day there were two girls, who sit in the same row right in front of each other and not that far from me, who were taking a makeup test. The teacher, Mr. Randall, allows you to take the test at your seat as long as no one talks to you. So these girls are taking the test and the one in front finishes. She then proceeds to hand her test(literally the whole test) back to the girl behind her taking the same makeup test. It was pretty slick because i didn't even notice until she got caught. So girl #1 finished her test and proceeded to play games on her phone. Mr. Randall saw her on her phone and asked where her test was. She then, literally, reached back to grab her test from girl #2's desk. It was the most awkward experience in the class. Anyway, Mr. Randall took both of their tests away and talked to them after class. I don't know what ending up happening but it was crazy to me that these two girls were so blunt about cheating. I don't understand why they didn't wait a couple more days or weeks to take the make up test. Mr. Randall is super flexible and would have let them take it when they were ready. Another thing that makes me a little upset is the policy in place for those who do get caught cheating. Apparently they just get a zero on the test and it goes on their record. That's pretty bad but who really sees your record? Is it permanently on your transcript for your college to see? Or does it go on some imaginary record that no one really sees?