Over 30 years of retirement, Tate would collect as much as $1.79 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.
The projection assumes Tate received $37,553 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Tate will have already received $116,073 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.