Over 30 years of retirement, Garrison would collect as much as $626,339, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.
The projection assumes Garrison received $13,165 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Garrison will have already received $55,078 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.