Over 30 years of retirement, Bruns would collect as much as $1.5 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.
The projection assumes Bruns received $31,533 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Bruns will have already received $97,465 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.