Teacher contract negotiations in Geary USD 475 picked back up on Wednesday at the Devin Center in Junction City.

During the meeting the teachers association and district staff were able to come to an agreement on a number of topics ranging from professional leave for teachers pursuing their masters degree, to workers compensation.

Cathy Rankin, JCEA President explained they were also able to get the majority of a new policy written.

“Teacher discipline is a whole new policy that’s going to be going to be going into the contract, and so we were able to work out most of the verbiage today. There’s a few things that we need to go back and research before we finish,” said Rankin.

Negotiations are expected to continue Thursday at the Devin Center. The focus of Thursday’s negotiations will be on the professional work day.