Over 30 years of retirement, Hartnett would collect as much as $3.82 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.
The projection assumes Hartnett received $80,202 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Hartnett will have already received $247,896 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.