Edina Students Reprimanded for Painting Minnetonka Rock: 2012 in Review

Edina Patch covered a lot of different stories, topics and events throughout 2012. That said, there were a few that stood out as the most interesting, important, touching or possibly infamous to our readers.

And as we near the end of 2012, we're looking back at those articles. The following is one of those stories.

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The Edina High School students responsible for a prank gone awry at Minnetonka High School earlier this fall were identified and faced disciplinary actions, according to school district officials.

Susan Brott, Edina's director of communications and community engagement, said the district reached out to officials in Minnetonka to offer support.

"We hope to be able to offer a positive response (e.g., Letter of apology, clean up crew if needed) today to better demonstrate what Edina, and specifically Edina High School, stands for in terms of respect and appropriate behaviors," Brott said.

Edina High School caught flak over a prank executed on Minntonka High School's senior rock. A group of Edina High School students painted the previously blue rock green and white, tagging "Edina" and "Hornets" on the stone.

The rock had been painted earlier this year in honor of Kennedy Maddox, a Minnetonka graduate who drowned in Lake Minnetonka this June.

The action drew plenty of ire from the Twitter community and comments from Patch readers.

Read the remainder of the story here.

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