Over 30 years of retirement, Wheeler would collect as much as $613,288, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.
The projection assumes Wheeler received $12,890 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Wheeler will have already received $53,927 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.