Author: Sydney Lewis

Editor’s note: The author is a 2020 graduate of Eden Prairie High School. She was a student in several of teacher Craig Hollenbeck’s classes. Craig Hollenbeck was hired as a social studies teacher at Eden Prairie High School in 1998. Almost immediately, and for years to follow, he was beloved by his students. But something changed. Students who had admired and even emulated the teacher were shocked in October when he was charged with gross misdemeanor child endangerment, for what is commonly known as child grooming. Hollenbeck pleaded guilty to that charge on Dec. 16. He will be sentenced on March 6,…