SUGAR GROVE – Telling school officials that “Kaneland has failed to adequately address bullying in our district,” a representative from a group called Knights Against Bullying on Monday read a letter to Kaneland School District 302 officials that sought recommendations to be implemented “without delay.”

On a night in which Kaneland officials were expecting members of the group to show up in force, administrators invited those interested in the subject to attend a forum that was an hour before the scheduled school board meeting at Harter Elementary School. The room was packed. Among those in attendance were members of the anti-bullying group, parents, residents, teachers and officials in the district.

School officials – including Superintendent Jeff Schuler, Harter Middle School Principal Bryan Zwemke and Kaneland High School Principal Chip Hickman – told those assembled they take bullying seriously and explained the process. But many community members who spoke described issues of bullying that were reported, and they expressed frustration that the problems persisted.