This is still going on, teachers who worked during that era and haven't retired yet are still pulling those salaries. The couple down the street from my mom were both teachers until they retired 2 years ago. At the end their combined income was over $200k/year, and they're pulling ~$110k/year combined in pension. I hardly believed it, but my state has a transparency site that allows you to see all publicly funded salaries and pensions and it checks out.
This is still going on, teachers who worked during that era and haven't retired yet are still pulling those salaries. The couple down the street from my mom were both teachers until they retired 2 years ago. At the end their combined income was over $200k/year, and they're pulling ~$110k/year combined in pension. I hardly believed it, but my state has a transparency site that allows you to see all publicly funded salaries and pensions and it checks out.