Despite protests from parents, a cell phone service provider said Monday that it won't remove a cell phone tower from the roof of an Arapahoe county school. Kids At Risk From School Cell Tower? Parents of children at High Plains Elementary believe that the Sprint PCS tower could pose a risk to their children. Last year, Sprint decided that the school would be a great spot for one of its base station radio sites. The company offered Cherry Creek Schools $18,000 a year for ten years to put one there, and the school district accepted, 7NEWS reporter Hendrik Sybrandy said. Now, months after the antennas went up on the school roof, parents are working furiously to bring them down. Parents were trying to generate support for the effort by wearing hats marked with "S.O.S. - Sprint Off Schools." "We're not against cell phones, we're not against cell towers, we just don't want them on the schools," parent Dan Dudley said. No one thinks that Sprint's equipment represents an immediate threat. But some parents do worry about the long-term effects of electromagnetic radiation on their children, Sybrandy said. "You know, they're five to 11 years old, and they have the possibility of having six years of exposure, if they go from kindergarten to fifth grade," parent Annette Couch said. A Sprint spokesperson said that "this antenna is safe," adding that it falls "well within FCC guidelines." Cherry Creek Schools officials said that studies it has commissioned show very low radiation levels. "Well, we've seen no evidence that shows us that it's not safe," school spokesperson Tustin Amole said. Still, the school district has joined those pushing to get rid of the antennas. "We have parents who have concerns. We want to be responsive to those concerns. We want to work with our parent community and find a resolution for this," Amole said. The parents don't want the issue hanging over their kids' heads. "We really have to make those choices for them and that's why we started this grassroots campaign to just get it off the school," Couch said. The school district said that a meeting is planned this week with Sprint PCS to explore ways of canceling the contract. When it comes to taking down the antennas, though, Sprint said that "we don't feel that it is necessary at this time."