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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- A 15-year-old from General William Mitchell High School has been charged with a felony for growing and cultivating marijuana.

Colorado Springs Police officers said the school's security resource officer was told that a student was involved in growing marijuana.

"For someone as young as 15 to have that knowledge and where with all to not only grow it but to know how to cultivate it and have the equipment is pretty serious," Babara Miller, spokeswoman for the Colorado Springs Police Department, said.

The SRO along with CSPD patrol officers went to the 200 block of Byron Drive and found 10 marijuana plants and equipment for cultivation in a storage area connected to the house.

Each plant is valued at approximately $1,000. That's roughly $10,000 worth of marijuana.

The plants have now been removed and are being held as evidence.

"Marijuana is prevalent at the school," Eli Kelly, a sophomore at Mitchell H.S., said.  "It's around a lot, I don't think it's a big deal because a lot of the kids usually don't bring it to the school."

Colorado Springs School District 11 is not commenting while the case is under investigation.