Over 30 years of retirement, Starke would collect as much as $710,131, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.
The projection assumes Starke received $14,926 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Starke will have already received $62,445 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.