Over 30 years of retirement, Newman would collect as much as $865,868, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.
The projection assumes Newman received $18,199 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Newman will have already received $56,251 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.