Over 30 years of retirement, Gotrik would collect as much as $5.2 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes North Cook News.
The projection assumes Gotrik received $109,283 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Gotrik will have already received $337,782 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.