Over 30 years of retirement, Sandkam would collect as much as $957,002, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.
The projection assumes Sandkam received $20,115 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Sandkam will have already received $62,173 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.