Over 30 years of retirement, Atwood would collect as much as $543,450, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Macon Reporter.
The projection assumes Atwood received $11,422 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Atwood will have already received $23,187 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.