Over 30 years of retirement, Goldstein would collect as much as $2.74 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes North Cook News.
The projection assumes Goldstein received $57,577 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Goldstein will have already received $177,964 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.