Over 30 years of retirement, Barnes would collect as much as $806,717, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Barnes received $16,956 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Barnes will have already received $34,421 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.