Over 30 years of retirement, Bettina would collect as much as $4.76 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.
The projection assumes Bettina received $100,021 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Bettina will have already received $309,156 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.