HAVEN, Kan. — The Haven school district and its teachers will go before a mediator during another negotiation session on Monday. This comes after the board declared an impasse with teachers on a new contract.

The board declared the impasse during a special session to consider what the district’s teachers say was their final offer when it comes to an increase in base pay for next year. The issue is one of the last sticking points in a new contract for the approaching year.

After starting $4,000 apart in their offers the two sides had come to within $1,500 of an agreement but could not come to a compromise.

The mediator will be brought in and the two sides will come to the table again to try and get the new contract together.

The teachers had originally asked for a $6,014 dollar increase in base pay. The district countered with a $2,014 jump. The latest offer by the teachers was a jump of $5,514 over two years. At that time, the faculty said it was their final offer.