Over 30 years of retirement, Rodriguez would collect as much as $871,566, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.
The projection assumes Rodriguez received $18,319 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Rodriguez will have already received $76,641 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.