Two students were arrested Monday at Sequoyah High School in Soddy-Daisy in separate incidents, officials said.
One student was arrested for possessing an unloaded handgun, and the other was arrested for possessing a small amount of drugs, officials said.
Students found the gun hidden in a vehicle that was in the school’s parking lot and was being worked on in mechanics class, Sequoyah High Principal Todd Jackson said.
Both students also were suspended, Jackson said.