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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A group of students protested the cellphone policy at Oakhaven High School Tuesday morning.

The students gathered to voice their disagreement with the school's cellphone policy and other issues.

Currently, Oakhaven students are required to turn their phones in when they get to school.

They pick them up at the end of the day.

"My mama got Lupus, so I feel like we should have our phones, because they dont know what we go through out here," senior Jaylin Rosser said.

Shelby County Schools require phones be put away, but leaves policy decisions to principals.

Oakhaven High School students have also recently voiced concerns about arriving late to class due to long lines at school metal detectors.

Shelby County Schools said, "We have had staff out there to monitor, and as long as students are arriving on time for school, the metal detection process is not interfering with instructional time."

In addition to chanting, someone reportedly pulled a fire alarm at the school.

The district said it allowed students to exercise their freedom of speech. However, officials also told WREG the protest did not alter the school or district's policy.