Over 30 years of retirement, Elston would collect as much as $2.38 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Elston received $49,973 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Elston will have already received $154,461 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.