A former Graland Country Day School teacher has been sentenced to probation after she pled guilty today to sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust.

Meredith Hollen, 40, entered her plea this morning and was immediately sentenced based on a stipulated plea to probation, said Lynn Kimbrough, spokeswoman for the Denver District Attorney’s office.

As part of the agreement, 11 sexual assault counts were dismissed, Kimbrough said.

“This case was very much driven by the victim’s wishes,” she said. “This plea agreement didn’t have anything to do with her gender.”

Hollen will be on probation from 10 years to life and initially she will be on intensive probation, Kimbrough said.

Previous reports indicated the charges were in connection with sexual assaults on a former student and occurred prior to this school year.

Hollen was not teaching at Graland this school year.

A big factor in the probationary sentence was the fact that the victim wished to remain anonymous, she said. Because of that reason, prosecutors requested that the arrest warrant affidavit, which describes the offenses, remain closed, she said.

The former student from the elite K-9 private prep school was between the age of 15 and 18 at the time of the assault, Kimbrough said.

Before the hearing today, Hollen had been free on a $50,000 bond.

Hollen now lives in California and has requested that she serve the probation in that state, Kimbrough said. She must now apply with California authorities for the privilege.

As a condition of probation, Hollen will be required to attend sex-offender treatment, will report to a probation officer and must pay court fees. She must also register as a sex offender.

If she violates conditions of probation, she could be sent to prison, Kimbrough said.

Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com