Over 30 years of retirement, Goodson would collect as much as $4.09 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rock Island Today.
The projection assumes Goodson received $85,949 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Goodson will have already received $174,476 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.