Haha, the article did not even mention whether she is a teacher

how much pension you can collect during retirement drectly related to your salary of your working years. For administrator, such as a superintentant, their salary is generally above 200k, and their pension is of course, high. for average teacher, the number is not pretty. This is data available: average NY teacher pension: 38924. Still, a few persons got more than 200k annual pension. If your kids has a choice, and no special interest as a teacher, never choose this profession.

 

http://www.empirecenter.org/AboutUS/news_releases/2011/05/trsretirees2010051811.cfm