Over 30 years of retirement, Cushing would collect as much as $3.47 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Macon Reporter.
The projection assumes Cushing received $72,967 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Cushing will have already received $225,534 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.