Over 30 years of retirement, Meachem would collect as much as $346,887, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Peoria Standard.
The projection assumes Meachem received $7,291 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Meachem will have already received $30,503 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.