Over 30 years of retirement, Caldwell would collect as much as $1.02 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McLean County Times.
The projection assumes Caldwell received $21,497 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Caldwell will have already received $43,639 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.