Over 30 years of retirement, Burton would collect as much as $3.15 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes Burton received $66,122 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Burton will have already received $204,377 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.