HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Nothing much came from a negotiation session between Hutchinson USD 308 officials and the local KNEA representing the district’s teachers over a new contract for next year.

Rick Kraus with the district says they talked primarily about language for the contract, but says the big item will be money. Kraus says they are now in a holding pattern until the school board makes a salary offer. The offer won’t come until the May 13 meeting.

He expects the two sides to have an additional meeting on May 15, a couple of days after the school board decides on what it will offer. It’s then that the district will present its offer to the teachers union.

Except for caucus periods of the individual groups, all negotiation sessions are open meetings.