Over 30 years of retirement, Dreger would collect as much as $5.22 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Dreger received $109,719 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Dreger will have already received $222,730 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.