Over 30 years of retirement, Peterson would collect as much as $864,218, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.
The projection assumes Peterson received $18,165 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Peterson will have already received $56,146 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.