Over 30 years of retirement, Sommers would collect as much as $318,861, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes North Cook News.
The projection assumes Sommers received $6,702 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Sommers will have already received $13,605 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.