Jill Tucker of SFGate reports:

S.F. teachers miss more school than students on average

Education officials like to say that kids can’t learn if they aren’t in school.

But what if teachers aren’t in school?

While absenteeism is usually considered a student matter, in San Francisco – and many other districts – the average teacher misses more school than the average child.

If last year’s numbers hold steady, the 4,100 teachers in San Francisco, on average, will each be absent about 11 times this school year, about once every three weeks. That’s four to five days more than a typical student, out of 180 days total.

About seven of those days were for sick or personal leave, and the rest were training days offered or required by the district.