Over 30 years of retirement, Pitts Grigsby would collect as much as $235,783, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes Pitts Grigsby received $4,956 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Pitts Grigsby will have already received $15,319 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.