McLean County Times

Former state school employee Kelly Naperschat, who retired in May 2016, saved $130,371 toward a pension over 27 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Naperschat would collect as much as $2.01 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McLean County Times.

The projection assumes Naperschat received $42,283 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Naperschat will have already received $130,692 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.