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.