Over 30 years of retirement, Kershner would collect as much as $176,369, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Metro East Sun.
The projection assumes Kershner received $3,707 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Kershner will have already received $15,509 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.