Over 30 years of retirement, Haugse would collect as much as $5.34 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rock Island Today.
The projection assumes Haugse received $112,321 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Haugse will have already received $228,012 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.