Over 30 years of retirement, Blackburn would collect as much as $5.04 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.
The projection assumes Blackburn received $105,907 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Blackburn will have already received $327,348 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.