How would you like to have the public pay you $7.1 million on an investment of only $358,000? This is the case for Audrey Haugan, retiring principal at Maine West High School. Haugan paid just $358,000 into the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) during her 33 years of employment in Illinois public schools. She retired on June 30, 2018 with a final year salary of $162,856.
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