Over 30 years of retirement, Romero would collect as much as $1.53 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.
The projection assumes Romero received $32,077 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Romero will have already received $99,146 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.