A former teacher at Brighton Collegiate High School described by a prosecutor last year as “one of the prettiest ladies in school” began her jail sentence over the weekend for making out with a 17-year-old student.
Carrie McCandless, 32, of Erie, is serving 30 days in the Larimer County Detention Center after pleading guilty a year ago to kissing the boy and groping him through his clothes during a school trip in October 2006. Once freed, she must serve five years of probation and register as a sex offender for 10 years.
McCandless, a civics teacher who is married to the charter school’s principal, is serving time for felony counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and tampering with physical evidence, as well as a misdemeanor count of unlawful sexual contact.
At the sentencing, McCandless’ attorney said the student pursued the relationship, but McCandless didn’t report his advances because she did not want to get him in trouble.
The boy’s parents agreed to the plea deal.
