Over 30 years of retirement, Freeman would collect as much as $2.47 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Macon Reporter.
The projection assumes Freeman received $51,828 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Freeman will have already received $160,195 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.