Over 30 years of retirement, Lockhart would collect as much as $1.09 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.
The projection assumes Lockhart received $22,941 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Lockhart will have already received $46,570 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.