Over 30 years of retirement, Shirley would collect as much as $3.61 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Macon Reporter.
The projection assumes Shirley received $75,931 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Shirley will have already received $234,695 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.