Over 30 years of retirement, Kaufman would collect as much as $1.91 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.
The projection assumes Kaufman received $40,085 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Kaufman will have already received $123,900 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.