Over 30 years of retirement, Retzner would collect as much as $423,794, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.
The projection assumes Retzner received $8,907 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Retzner will have already received $37,262 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.