Over 30 years of retirement, Hooper would collect as much as $2 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes Hooper received $42,014 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Hooper will have already received $129,860 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.