Over 30 years of retirement, Pate would collect as much as $2.01 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.
The projection assumes Pate received $42,302 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Pate will have already received $176,975 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.