Over 20 percent of Providence Public School teachers missed at least a month of school during the 2011/12 school year, a GoLocalProv review of attendance records shows.

According to information provided by the Providence School Department, 448 city teachers were absent for at least 20 days and 12 schools saw at least a quarter of their teachers miss four-or-more weeks of classes.

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